Chag HaBanot 818 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4579

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4579 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 815 30 Kislev 4576
Chag HaBanot 816 1 Tevet 4577
Chag HaBanot 817 30 Kislev 4578
Chag HaBanot 818 30 Kislev 4579
Chag HaBanot 819 30 Kislev 4580
Chag HaBanot 820 30 Kislev 4581
Chag HaBanot 821 1 Tevet 4582
Chag HaBanot 822 30 Kislev 4583

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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