Chag HaBanot 964 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4725

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4725 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 961 1 Tevet 4722
Chag HaBanot 962 30 Kislev 4723
Chag HaBanot 963 30 Kislev 4724
Chag HaBanot 964 30 Kislev 4725
Chag HaBanot 965 1 Tevet 4726
Chag HaBanot 966 30 Kislev 4727
Chag HaBanot 967 30 Kislev 4728
Chag HaBanot 968 30 Kislev 4729

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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