Chag HaBanot 309 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4070

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4070 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 306 30 Kislev 4067
Chag HaBanot 307 1 Tevet 4068
Chag HaBanot 308 30 Kislev 4069
Chag HaBanot 309 30 Kislev 4070
Chag HaBanot 310 30 Kislev 4071
Chag HaBanot 311 1 Tevet 4072
Chag HaBanot 312 30 Kislev 4073
Chag HaBanot 313 30 Kislev 4074

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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