Chag HaBanot 558 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4319

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4319 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 555 30 Kislev 4316
Chag HaBanot 556 30 Kislev 4317
Chag HaBanot 557 30 Kislev 4318
Chag HaBanot 558 1 Tevet 4319
Chag HaBanot 559 30 Kislev 4320
Chag HaBanot 560 30 Kislev 4321
Chag HaBanot 561 1 Tevet 4322
Chag HaBanot 562 30 Kislev 4323

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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