Chag HaBanot 473 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4234

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4234 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 470 30 Kislev 4231
Chag HaBanot 471 1 Tevet 4232
Chag HaBanot 472 30 Kislev 4233
Chag HaBanot 473 30 Kislev 4234
Chag HaBanot 474 30 Kislev 4235
Chag HaBanot 475 30 Kislev 4236
Chag HaBanot 476 1 Tevet 4237
Chag HaBanot 477 30 Kislev 4238

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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