Chag HaBanot 998 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4759

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4759 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 995 30 Kislev 4756
Chag HaBanot 996 30 Kislev 4757
Chag HaBanot 997 1 Tevet 4758
Chag HaBanot 998 30 Kislev 4759
Chag HaBanot 999 30 Kislev 4760
Chag HaBanot 1000 30 Kislev 4761
Chag HaBanot 1001 1 Tevet 4762
Chag HaBanot 1002 30 Kislev 4763

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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