Chag HaBanot 317 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4078

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4078 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 314 1 Tevet 4075
Chag HaBanot 315 30 Kislev 4076
Chag HaBanot 316 30 Kislev 4077
Chag HaBanot 317 30 Kislev 4078
Chag HaBanot 318 1 Tevet 4079
Chag HaBanot 319 30 Kislev 4080
Chag HaBanot 320 30 Kislev 4081
Chag HaBanot 321 30 Kislev 4082

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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