Chag HaBanot 973 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4734

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4734 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 970 1 Tevet 4731
Chag HaBanot 971 30 Kislev 4732
Chag HaBanot 972 30 Kislev 4733
Chag HaBanot 973 1 Tevet 4734
Chag HaBanot 974 30 Kislev 4735
Chag HaBanot 975 30 Kislev 4736
Chag HaBanot 976 30 Kislev 4737
Chag HaBanot 977 1 Tevet 4738

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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