Chag HaBanot 915 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4676

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4676 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 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
Chag HaBanot 918 30 Kislev 4679
Chag HaBanot 919 1 Tevet 4680

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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