Chag HaBanot 744 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4505

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4505 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 741 30 Kislev 4502
Chag HaBanot 742 1 Tevet 4503
Chag HaBanot 743 30 Kislev 4504
Chag HaBanot 744 30 Kislev 4505
Chag HaBanot 745 1 Tevet 4506
Chag HaBanot 746 30 Kislev 4507
Chag HaBanot 747 30 Kislev 4508
Chag HaBanot 748 30 Kislev 4509

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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