Chag HaBanot 537 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4298

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4298 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 534 1 Tevet 4295
Chag HaBanot 535 30 Kislev 4296
Chag HaBanot 536 30 Kislev 4297
Chag HaBanot 537 30 Kislev 4298
Chag HaBanot 538 1 Tevet 4299
Chag HaBanot 539 30 Kislev 4300
Chag HaBanot 540 30 Kislev 4301
Chag HaBanot 541 1 Tevet 4302

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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