Chag HaBanot 878 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4639

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4639 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 875 1 Tevet 4636
Chag HaBanot 876 30 Kislev 4637
Chag HaBanot 877 30 Kislev 4638
Chag HaBanot 878 30 Kislev 4639
Chag HaBanot 879 1 Tevet 4640
Chag HaBanot 880 30 Kislev 4641
Chag HaBanot 881 30 Kislev 4642
Chag HaBanot 882 30 Kislev 4643

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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