Chag HaBanot 596 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4357

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4357 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 593 1 Tevet 4354
Chag HaBanot 594 30 Kislev 4355
Chag HaBanot 595 30 Kislev 4356
Chag HaBanot 596 30 Kislev 4357
Chag HaBanot 597 30 Kislev 4358
Chag HaBanot 598 1 Tevet 4359
Chag HaBanot 599 30 Kislev 4360
Chag HaBanot 600 30 Kislev 4361

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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