Chag HaBanot 938 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4699

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4699 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 935 30 Kislev 4696
Chag HaBanot 936 30 Kislev 4697
Chag HaBanot 937 30 Kislev 4698
Chag HaBanot 938 1 Tevet 4699
Chag HaBanot 939 30 Kislev 4700
Chag HaBanot 940 30 Kislev 4701
Chag HaBanot 941 30 Kislev 4702
Chag HaBanot 942 30 Kislev 4703

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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