Chag HaBanot 981 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4742

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4742 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 978 30 Kislev 4739
Chag HaBanot 979 30 Kislev 4740
Chag HaBanot 980 30 Kislev 4741
Chag HaBanot 981 1 Tevet 4742
Chag HaBanot 982 30 Kislev 4743
Chag HaBanot 983 30 Kislev 4744
Chag HaBanot 984 1 Tevet 4745
Chag HaBanot 985 30 Kislev 4746

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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