Chag HaBanot 686 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4447

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4447 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 683 1 Tevet 4444
Chag HaBanot 684 30 Kislev 4445
Chag HaBanot 685 30 Kislev 4446
Chag HaBanot 686 30 Kislev 4447
Chag HaBanot 687 1 Tevet 4448
Chag HaBanot 688 30 Kislev 4449
Chag HaBanot 689 30 Kislev 4450
Chag HaBanot 690 30 Kislev 4451

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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