Chag HaBanot 464 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4225

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4225 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 461 30 Kislev 4222
Chag HaBanot 462 30 Kislev 4223
Chag HaBanot 463 1 Tevet 4224
Chag HaBanot 464 30 Kislev 4225
Chag HaBanot 465 30 Kislev 4226
Chag HaBanot 466 30 Kislev 4227
Chag HaBanot 467 1 Tevet 4228
Chag HaBanot 468 30 Kislev 4229

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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