Chag HaBanot 360 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4121

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4121 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 357 30 Kislev 4118
Chag HaBanot 358 1 Tevet 4119
Chag HaBanot 359 30 Kislev 4120
Chag HaBanot 360 30 Kislev 4121
Chag HaBanot 361 30 Kislev 4122
Chag HaBanot 362 1 Tevet 4123
Chag HaBanot 363 30 Kislev 4124
Chag HaBanot 364 30 Kislev 4125

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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