Chag HaBanot 398 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4159

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4159 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 395 30 Kislev 4156
Chag HaBanot 396 30 Kislev 4157
Chag HaBanot 397 30 Kislev 4158
Chag HaBanot 398 1 Tevet 4159
Chag HaBanot 399 30 Kislev 4160
Chag HaBanot 400 1 Tevet 4161
Chag HaBanot 401 30 Kislev 4162
Chag HaBanot 402 30 Kislev 4163

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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