Chag HaBanot 279 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4040

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4040 began on and ended on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 276 30 Kislev 4037
Chag HaBanot 277 30 Kislev 4038
Chag HaBanot 278 30 Kislev 4039
Chag HaBanot 279 30 Kislev 4040
Chag HaBanot 280 1 Tevet 4041
Chag HaBanot 281 30 Kislev 4042
Chag HaBanot 282 30 Kislev 4043
Chag HaBanot 283 30 Kislev 4044

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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