Chag HaBanot 967 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4728

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4728 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 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
Chag HaBanot 969 30 Kislev 4730
Chag HaBanot 970 1 Tevet 4731
Chag HaBanot 971 30 Kislev 4732

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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