Chag HaBanot 376 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4137

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4137 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 373 1 Tevet 4134
Chag HaBanot 374 30 Kislev 4135
Chag HaBanot 375 30 Kislev 4136
Chag HaBanot 376 30 Kislev 4137
Chag HaBanot 377 30 Kislev 4138
Chag HaBanot 378 1 Tevet 4139
Chag HaBanot 379 30 Kislev 4140
Chag HaBanot 380 30 Kislev 4141

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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