Chag HaBanot 944 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4705

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4705 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 941 30 Kislev 4702
Chag HaBanot 942 30 Kislev 4703
Chag HaBanot 943 1 Tevet 4704
Chag HaBanot 944 30 Kislev 4705
Chag HaBanot 945 30 Kislev 4706
Chag HaBanot 946 1 Tevet 4707
Chag HaBanot 947 30 Kislev 4708
Chag HaBanot 948 30 Kislev 4709

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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