Chag HaBanot 338 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4099

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4099 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 335 30 Kislev 4096
Chag HaBanot 336 30 Kislev 4097
Chag HaBanot 337 30 Kislev 4098
Chag HaBanot 338 1 Tevet 4099
Chag HaBanot 339 30 Kislev 4100
Chag HaBanot 340 30 Kislev 4101
Chag HaBanot 341 30 Kislev 4102
Chag HaBanot 342 1 Tevet 4103

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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