Chag HaBanot 717 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4478

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4478 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 714 1 Tevet 4475
Chag HaBanot 715 30 Kislev 4476
Chag HaBanot 716 30 Kislev 4477
Chag HaBanot 717 30 Kislev 4478
Chag HaBanot 718 1 Tevet 4479
Chag HaBanot 719 30 Kislev 4480
Chag HaBanot 720 30 Kislev 4481
Chag HaBanot 721 30 Kislev 4482

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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