Chag HaBanot 440 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4201

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4201 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 437 30 Kislev 4198
Chag HaBanot 438 30 Kislev 4199
Chag HaBanot 439 30 Kislev 4200
Chag HaBanot 440 1 Tevet 4201
Chag HaBanot 441 30 Kislev 4202
Chag HaBanot 442 30 Kislev 4203
Chag HaBanot 443 30 Kislev 4204
Chag HaBanot 444 1 Tevet 4205

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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