Chag HaBanot 330 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4091

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4091 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 327 1 Tevet 4088
Chag HaBanot 328 30 Kislev 4089
Chag HaBanot 329 30 Kislev 4090
Chag HaBanot 330 1 Tevet 4091
Chag HaBanot 331 30 Kislev 4092
Chag HaBanot 332 30 Kislev 4093
Chag HaBanot 333 30 Kislev 4094
Chag HaBanot 334 1 Tevet 4095

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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