Chag HaBanot 1095 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4856

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4856 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 1092 30 Kislev 4853
Chag HaBanot 1093 30 Kislev 4854
Chag HaBanot 1094 30 Kislev 4855
Chag HaBanot 1095 1 Tevet 4856
Chag HaBanot 1096 30 Kislev 4857
Chag HaBanot 1097 30 Kislev 4858
Chag HaBanot 1098 30 Kislev 4859
Chag HaBanot 1099 1 Tevet 4860

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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