Chag HaBanot 796 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4557

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4557 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 793 30 Kislev 4554
Chag HaBanot 794 1 Tevet 4555
Chag HaBanot 795 30 Kislev 4556
Chag HaBanot 796 30 Kislev 4557
Chag HaBanot 797 1 Tevet 4558
Chag HaBanot 798 30 Kislev 4559
Chag HaBanot 799 30 Kislev 4560
Chag HaBanot 800 30 Kislev 4561

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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