Chag HaBanot 142 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3903

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3903 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 139 30 Kislev 3900
Chag HaBanot 140 30 Kislev 3901
Chag HaBanot 141 30 Kislev 3902
Chag HaBanot 142 1 Tevet 3903
Chag HaBanot 143 30 Kislev 3904
Chag HaBanot 144 30 Kislev 3905
Chag HaBanot 145 1 Tevet 3906
Chag HaBanot 146 30 Kislev 3907

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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