Chag HaBanot 567 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4328

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4328 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 564 30 Kislev 4325
Chag HaBanot 565 1 Tevet 4326
Chag HaBanot 566 30 Kislev 4327
Chag HaBanot 567 30 Kislev 4328
Chag HaBanot 568 30 Kislev 4329
Chag HaBanot 569 1 Tevet 4330
Chag HaBanot 570 30 Kislev 4331
Chag HaBanot 571 30 Kislev 4332

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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