Chag HaBanot 504 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4265

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4265 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 501 30 Kislev 4262
Chag HaBanot 502 30 Kislev 4263
Chag HaBanot 503 1 Tevet 4264
Chag HaBanot 504 30 Kislev 4265
Chag HaBanot 505 30 Kislev 4266
Chag HaBanot 506 30 Kislev 4267
Chag HaBanot 507 1 Tevet 4268
Chag HaBanot 508 30 Kislev 4269

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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