Chag HaBanot 492 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4253

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4253 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 489 30 Kislev 4250
Chag HaBanot 490 30 Kislev 4251
Chag HaBanot 491 1 Tevet 4252
Chag HaBanot 492 30 Kislev 4253
Chag HaBanot 493 30 Kislev 4254
Chag HaBanot 494 30 Kislev 4255
Chag HaBanot 495 1 Tevet 4256
Chag HaBanot 496 30 Kislev 4257

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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