Chag HaBanot 905 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4666

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4666 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 902 1 Tevet 4663
Chag HaBanot 903 30 Kislev 4664
Chag HaBanot 904 30 Kislev 4665
Chag HaBanot 905 30 Kislev 4666
Chag HaBanot 906 1 Tevet 4667
Chag HaBanot 907 30 Kislev 4668
Chag HaBanot 908 30 Kislev 4669
Chag HaBanot 909 30 Kislev 4670

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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