Chag HaBanot 1124 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4885

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4885 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 1121 30 Kislev 4882
Chag HaBanot 1122 1 Tevet 4883
Chag HaBanot 1123 30 Kislev 4884
Chag HaBanot 1124 30 Kislev 4885
Chag HaBanot 1125 30 Kislev 4886
Chag HaBanot 1126 1 Tevet 4887
Chag HaBanot 1127 30 Kislev 4888
Chag HaBanot 1128 30 Kislev 4889

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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