Chag HaBanot 207 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3968

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3968 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 204 30 Kislev 3965
Chag HaBanot 205 1 Tevet 3966
Chag HaBanot 206 30 Kislev 3967
Chag HaBanot 207 30 Kislev 3968
Chag HaBanot 208 30 Kislev 3969
Chag HaBanot 209 1 Tevet 3970
Chag HaBanot 210 30 Kislev 3971
Chag HaBanot 211 30 Kislev 3972

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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