Chag HaBanot 954 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4715

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4715 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 951 30 Kislev 4712
Chag HaBanot 952 30 Kislev 4713
Chag HaBanot 953 30 Kislev 4714
Chag HaBanot 954 1 Tevet 4715
Chag HaBanot 955 30 Kislev 4716
Chag HaBanot 956 30 Kislev 4717
Chag HaBanot 957 1 Tevet 4718
Chag HaBanot 958 30 Kislev 4719

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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