Chag HaBanot 636 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4397

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4397 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 633 30 Kislev 4394
Chag HaBanot 634 30 Kislev 4395
Chag HaBanot 635 30 Kislev 4396
Chag HaBanot 636 1 Tevet 4397
Chag HaBanot 637 30 Kislev 4398
Chag HaBanot 638 30 Kislev 4399
Chag HaBanot 639 1 Tevet 4400
Chag HaBanot 640 30 Kislev 4401

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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