Chag HaBanot 698 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4459

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4459 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 695 30 Kislev 4456
Chag HaBanot 696 1 Tevet 4457
Chag HaBanot 697 30 Kislev 4458
Chag HaBanot 698 30 Kislev 4459
Chag HaBanot 699 1 Tevet 4460
Chag HaBanot 700 30 Kislev 4461
Chag HaBanot 701 30 Kislev 4462
Chag HaBanot 702 30 Kislev 4463

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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