Chag HaBanot 680 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4441

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4441 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 677 30 Kislev 4438
Chag HaBanot 678 30 Kislev 4439
Chag HaBanot 679 30 Kislev 4440
Chag HaBanot 680 1 Tevet 4441
Chag HaBanot 681 30 Kislev 4442
Chag HaBanot 682 30 Kislev 4443
Chag HaBanot 683 1 Tevet 4444
Chag HaBanot 684 30 Kislev 4445

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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