Chag HaBanot 457 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4218

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4218 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 454 30 Kislev 4215
Chag HaBanot 455 30 Kislev 4216
Chag HaBanot 456 1 Tevet 4217
Chag HaBanot 457 30 Kislev 4218
Chag HaBanot 458 30 Kislev 4219
Chag HaBanot 459 30 Kislev 4220
Chag HaBanot 460 1 Tevet 4221
Chag HaBanot 461 30 Kislev 4222

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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