Chag HaBanot 294 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4055

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4055 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 291 1 Tevet 4052
Chag HaBanot 292 30 Kislev 4053
Chag HaBanot 293 30 Kislev 4054
Chag HaBanot 294 1 Tevet 4055
Chag HaBanot 295 30 Kislev 4056
Chag HaBanot 296 30 Kislev 4057
Chag HaBanot 297 30 Kislev 4058
Chag HaBanot 298 30 Kislev 4059

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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