Chag HaBanot 304 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4065

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4065 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 301 30 Kislev 4062
Chag HaBanot 302 30 Kislev 4063
Chag HaBanot 303 1 Tevet 4064
Chag HaBanot 304 30 Kislev 4065
Chag HaBanot 305 30 Kislev 4066
Chag HaBanot 306 30 Kislev 4067
Chag HaBanot 307 1 Tevet 4068
Chag HaBanot 308 30 Kislev 4069

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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