Chag HaBanot 809 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4570

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4570 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 806 30 Kislev 4567
Chag HaBanot 807 30 Kislev 4568
Chag HaBanot 808 1 Tevet 4569
Chag HaBanot 809 30 Kislev 4570
Chag HaBanot 810 30 Kislev 4571
Chag HaBanot 811 30 Kislev 4572
Chag HaBanot 812 1 Tevet 4573
Chag HaBanot 813 30 Kislev 4574

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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