Chag HaBanot 656 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4417

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4417 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 653 30 Kislev 4414
Chag HaBanot 654 30 Kislev 4415
Chag HaBanot 655 1 Tevet 4416
Chag HaBanot 656 30 Kislev 4417
Chag HaBanot 657 30 Kislev 4418
Chag HaBanot 658 30 Kislev 4419
Chag HaBanot 659 1 Tevet 4420
Chag HaBanot 660 30 Kislev 4421

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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