Chag HaBanot 781 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4542

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4542 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 778 1 Tevet 4539
Chag HaBanot 779 30 Kislev 4540
Chag HaBanot 780 30 Kislev 4541
Chag HaBanot 781 1 Tevet 4542
Chag HaBanot 782 30 Kislev 4543
Chag HaBanot 783 30 Kislev 4544
Chag HaBanot 784 30 Kislev 4545
Chag HaBanot 785 1 Tevet 4546

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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