Chag HaBanot 987 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4748

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4748 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 984 1 Tevet 4745
Chag HaBanot 985 30 Kislev 4746
Chag HaBanot 986 30 Kislev 4747
Chag HaBanot 987 30 Kislev 4748
Chag HaBanot 988 1 Tevet 4749
Chag HaBanot 989 30 Kislev 4750
Chag HaBanot 990 30 Kislev 4751
Chag HaBanot 991 30 Kislev 4752

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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