Chag HaBanot 1102 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4863

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4863 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 1099 1 Tevet 4860
Chag HaBanot 1100 30 Kislev 4861
Chag HaBanot 1101 30 Kislev 4862
Chag HaBanot 1102 30 Kislev 4863
Chag HaBanot 1103 1 Tevet 4864
Chag HaBanot 1104 30 Kislev 4865
Chag HaBanot 1105 30 Kislev 4866
Chag HaBanot 1106 1 Tevet 4867

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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