Chag HaBanot 1195 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4956

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4956 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 1192 30 Kislev 4953
Chag HaBanot 1193 1 Tevet 4954
Chag HaBanot 1194 30 Kislev 4955
Chag HaBanot 1195 30 Kislev 4956
Chag HaBanot 1196 30 Kislev 4957
Chag HaBanot 1197 1 Tevet 4958
Chag HaBanot 1198 30 Kislev 4959
Chag HaBanot 1199 30 Kislev 4960

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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