Chag HaBanot 131 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3892

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3892 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 128 30 Kislev 3889
Chag HaBanot 129 30 Kislev 3890
Chag HaBanot 130 30 Kislev 3891
Chag HaBanot 131 1 Tevet 3892
Chag HaBanot 132 30 Kislev 3893
Chag HaBanot 133 30 Kislev 3894
Chag HaBanot 134 1 Tevet 3895
Chag HaBanot 135 30 Kislev 3896

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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