Chag HaBanot 616 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4377

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4377 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 613 30 Kislev 4374
Chag HaBanot 614 30 Kislev 4375
Chag HaBanot 615 30 Kislev 4376
Chag HaBanot 616 1 Tevet 4377
Chag HaBanot 617 30 Kislev 4378
Chag HaBanot 618 30 Kislev 4379
Chag HaBanot 619 30 Kislev 4380
Chag HaBanot 620 1 Tevet 4381

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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