Chag HaBanot 856 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4617

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4617 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 853 30 Kislev 4614
Chag HaBanot 854 30 Kislev 4615
Chag HaBanot 855 30 Kislev 4616
Chag HaBanot 856 1 Tevet 4617
Chag HaBanot 857 30 Kislev 4618
Chag HaBanot 858 30 Kislev 4619
Chag HaBanot 859 1 Tevet 4620
Chag HaBanot 860 30 Kislev 4621

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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