Chag HaBanot 1141 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4902

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4902 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 1138 30 Kislev 4899
Chag HaBanot 1139 1 Tevet 4900
Chag HaBanot 1140 30 Kislev 4901
Chag HaBanot 1141 1 Tevet 4902
Chag HaBanot 1142 30 Kislev 4903
Chag HaBanot 1143 30 Kislev 4904
Chag HaBanot 1144 30 Kislev 4905
Chag HaBanot 1145 30 Kislev 4906

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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