Chag HaBanot 353 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4114

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4114 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 350 30 Kislev 4111
Chag HaBanot 351 1 Tevet 4112
Chag HaBanot 352 30 Kislev 4113
Chag HaBanot 353 30 Kislev 4114
Chag HaBanot 354 1 Tevet 4115
Chag HaBanot 355 30 Kislev 4116
Chag HaBanot 356 30 Kislev 4117
Chag HaBanot 357 30 Kislev 4118

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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