Chag HaBanot 913 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4674

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4674 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 910 1 Tevet 4671
Chag HaBanot 911 30 Kislev 4672
Chag HaBanot 912 30 Kislev 4673
Chag HaBanot 913 30 Kislev 4674
Chag HaBanot 914 1 Tevet 4675
Chag HaBanot 915 30 Kislev 4676
Chag HaBanot 916 30 Kislev 4677
Chag HaBanot 917 30 Kislev 4678

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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