Chag HaBanot 643 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4404

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4404 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 640 30 Kislev 4401
Chag HaBanot 641 30 Kislev 4402
Chag HaBanot 642 30 Kislev 4403
Chag HaBanot 643 30 Kislev 4404
Chag HaBanot 644 30 Kislev 4405
Chag HaBanot 645 1 Tevet 4406
Chag HaBanot 646 30 Kislev 4407
Chag HaBanot 647 1 Tevet 4408

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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