Chag HaBanot 112 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3873

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3873 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 109 30 Kislev 3870
Chag HaBanot 110 30 Kislev 3871
Chag HaBanot 111 1 Tevet 3872
Chag HaBanot 112 30 Kislev 3873
Chag HaBanot 113 30 Kislev 3874
Chag HaBanot 114 30 Kislev 3875
Chag HaBanot 115 1 Tevet 3876
Chag HaBanot 116 30 Kislev 3877

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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