Chag HaBanot 757 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4518

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4518 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 754 1 Tevet 4515
Chag HaBanot 755 30 Kislev 4516
Chag HaBanot 756 30 Kislev 4517
Chag HaBanot 757 30 Kislev 4518
Chag HaBanot 758 1 Tevet 4519
Chag HaBanot 759 30 Kislev 4520
Chag HaBanot 760 30 Kislev 4521
Chag HaBanot 761 1 Tevet 4522

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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