Chag HaBanot 1177 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4938

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4938 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 1174 30 Kislev 4935
Chag HaBanot 1175 30 Kislev 4936
Chag HaBanot 1176 30 Kislev 4937
Chag HaBanot 1177 1 Tevet 4938
Chag HaBanot 1178 30 Kislev 4939
Chag HaBanot 1179 30 Kislev 4940
Chag HaBanot 1180 30 Kislev 4941
Chag HaBanot 1181 1 Tevet 4942

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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