Chag HaBanot 406 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4167

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4167 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 403 30 Kislev 4164
Chag HaBanot 404 30 Kislev 4165
Chag HaBanot 405 1 Tevet 4166
Chag HaBanot 406 30 Kislev 4167
Chag HaBanot 407 30 Kislev 4168
Chag HaBanot 408 30 Kislev 4169
Chag HaBanot 409 1 Tevet 4170
Chag HaBanot 410 30 Kislev 4171

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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