Chag HaBanot 765 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4526

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4526 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 762 30 Kislev 4523
Chag HaBanot 763 30 Kislev 4524
Chag HaBanot 764 30 Kislev 4525
Chag HaBanot 765 1 Tevet 4526
Chag HaBanot 766 30 Kislev 4527
Chag HaBanot 767 30 Kislev 4528
Chag HaBanot 768 30 Kislev 4529
Chag HaBanot 769 1 Tevet 4530

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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