Chag HaBanot 1113 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4874

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4874 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 1110 1 Tevet 4871
Chag HaBanot 1111 30 Kislev 4872
Chag HaBanot 1112 30 Kislev 4873
Chag HaBanot 1113 30 Kislev 4874
Chag HaBanot 1114 1 Tevet 4875
Chag HaBanot 1115 30 Kislev 4876
Chag HaBanot 1116 30 Kislev 4877
Chag HaBanot 1117 30 Kislev 4878

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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