Chag HaBanot 446 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4207

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4207 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 443 30 Kislev 4204
Chag HaBanot 444 1 Tevet 4205
Chag HaBanot 445 30 Kislev 4206
Chag HaBanot 446 30 Kislev 4207
Chag HaBanot 447 30 Kislev 4208
Chag HaBanot 448 30 Kislev 4209
Chag HaBanot 449 1 Tevet 4210
Chag HaBanot 450 30 Kislev 4211

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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