Chag HaBanot 1061 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4822

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4822 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 1058 30 Kislev 4819
Chag HaBanot 1059 1 Tevet 4820
Chag HaBanot 1060 30 Kislev 4821
Chag HaBanot 1061 30 Kislev 4822
Chag HaBanot 1062 30 Kislev 4823
Chag HaBanot 1063 1 Tevet 4824
Chag HaBanot 1064 30 Kislev 4825
Chag HaBanot 1065 30 Kislev 4826

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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