Chag HaBanot 776 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4537

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4537 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 773 30 Kislev 4534
Chag HaBanot 774 1 Tevet 4535
Chag HaBanot 775 30 Kislev 4536
Chag HaBanot 776 30 Kislev 4537
Chag HaBanot 777 30 Kislev 4538
Chag HaBanot 778 1 Tevet 4539
Chag HaBanot 779 30 Kislev 4540
Chag HaBanot 780 30 Kislev 4541

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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