Chag HaBanot 577 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4338

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4338 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 574 1 Tevet 4335
Chag HaBanot 575 30 Kislev 4336
Chag HaBanot 576 30 Kislev 4337
Chag HaBanot 577 1 Tevet 4338
Chag HaBanot 578 30 Kislev 4339
Chag HaBanot 579 30 Kislev 4340
Chag HaBanot 580 30 Kislev 4341
Chag HaBanot 581 1 Tevet 4342

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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