Chag HaBanot 518 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4279

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4279 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 515 30 Kislev 4276
Chag HaBanot 516 30 Kislev 4277
Chag HaBanot 517 30 Kislev 4278
Chag HaBanot 518 1 Tevet 4279
Chag HaBanot 519 30 Kislev 4280
Chag HaBanot 520 30 Kislev 4281
Chag HaBanot 521 30 Kislev 4282
Chag HaBanot 522 1 Tevet 4283

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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