Chag HaBanot 1118 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4879

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4879 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 1115 30 Kislev 4876
Chag HaBanot 1116 30 Kislev 4877
Chag HaBanot 1117 30 Kislev 4878
Chag HaBanot 1118 30 Kislev 4879
Chag HaBanot 1119 1 Tevet 4880
Chag HaBanot 1120 30 Kislev 4881
Chag HaBanot 1121 30 Kislev 4882
Chag HaBanot 1122 1 Tevet 4883

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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