Chag HaBanot 1134 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4895

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4895 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 1131 30 Kislev 4892
Chag HaBanot 1132 30 Kislev 4893
Chag HaBanot 1133 1 Tevet 4894
Chag HaBanot 1134 30 Kislev 4895
Chag HaBanot 1135 30 Kislev 4896
Chag HaBanot 1136 30 Kislev 4897
Chag HaBanot 1137 30 Kislev 4898
Chag HaBanot 1138 30 Kislev 4899

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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