Chag HaBanot 737 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4498

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4498 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 734 1 Tevet 4495
Chag HaBanot 735 30 Kislev 4496
Chag HaBanot 736 30 Kislev 4497
Chag HaBanot 737 30 Kislev 4498
Chag HaBanot 738 1 Tevet 4499
Chag HaBanot 739 30 Kislev 4500
Chag HaBanot 740 30 Kislev 4501
Chag HaBanot 741 30 Kislev 4502

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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