Chag HaBanot 1088 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4849

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4849 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 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
Chag HaBanot 1090 1 Tevet 4851
Chag HaBanot 1091 30 Kislev 4852
Chag HaBanot 1092 30 Kislev 4853

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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