Chag HaBanot 121 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3882

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3882 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 118 1 Tevet 3879
Chag HaBanot 119 30 Kislev 3880
Chag HaBanot 120 30 Kislev 3881
Chag HaBanot 121 30 Kislev 3882
Chag HaBanot 122 1 Tevet 3883
Chag HaBanot 123 30 Kislev 3884
Chag HaBanot 124 30 Kislev 3885
Chag HaBanot 125 30 Kislev 3886

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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