Chag HaBanot 674 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4435

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4435 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 671 30 Kislev 4432
Chag HaBanot 672 1 Tevet 4433
Chag HaBanot 673 30 Kislev 4434
Chag HaBanot 674 30 Kislev 4435
Chag HaBanot 675 30 Kislev 4436
Chag HaBanot 676 1 Tevet 4437
Chag HaBanot 677 30 Kislev 4438
Chag HaBanot 678 30 Kislev 4439

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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