Chag HaBanot 1085 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4846

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4846 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 1082 30 Kislev 4843
Chag HaBanot 1083 1 Tevet 4844
Chag HaBanot 1084 30 Kislev 4845
Chag HaBanot 1085 30 Kislev 4846
Chag HaBanot 1086 30 Kislev 4847
Chag HaBanot 1087 1 Tevet 4848
Chag HaBanot 1088 30 Kislev 4849
Chag HaBanot 1089 30 Kislev 4850

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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