Chag HaBanot 770 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4531

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4531 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 767 30 Kislev 4528
Chag HaBanot 768 30 Kislev 4529
Chag HaBanot 769 1 Tevet 4530
Chag HaBanot 770 30 Kislev 4531
Chag HaBanot 771 30 Kislev 4532
Chag HaBanot 772 30 Kislev 4533
Chag HaBanot 773 30 Kislev 4534
Chag HaBanot 774 1 Tevet 4535

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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