Chag HaBanot 415 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4176

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4176 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 412 30 Kislev 4173
Chag HaBanot 413 1 Tevet 4174
Chag HaBanot 414 30 Kislev 4175
Chag HaBanot 415 30 Kislev 4176
Chag HaBanot 416 30 Kislev 4177
Chag HaBanot 417 1 Tevet 4178
Chag HaBanot 418 30 Kislev 4179
Chag HaBanot 419 30 Kislev 4180

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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