Chag HaBanot 1171 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4932

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4932 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 1168 1 Tevet 4929
Chag HaBanot 1169 30 Kislev 4930
Chag HaBanot 1170 30 Kislev 4931
Chag HaBanot 1171 30 Kislev 4932
Chag HaBanot 1172 30 Kislev 4933
Chag HaBanot 1173 1 Tevet 4934
Chag HaBanot 1174 30 Kislev 4935
Chag HaBanot 1175 30 Kislev 4936

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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