Chag HaBanot 102 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3863

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3863 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 99 1 Tevet 3860
Chag HaBanot 100 30 Kislev 3861
Chag HaBanot 101 30 Kislev 3862
Chag HaBanot 102 30 Kislev 3863
Chag HaBanot 103 30 Kislev 3864
Chag HaBanot 104 1 Tevet 3865
Chag HaBanot 105 30 Kislev 3866
Chag HaBanot 106 30 Kislev 3867

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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