Chag HaBanot 151 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3912

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3912 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 148 30 Kislev 3909
Chag HaBanot 149 30 Kislev 3910
Chag HaBanot 150 30 Kislev 3911
Chag HaBanot 151 1 Tevet 3912
Chag HaBanot 152 30 Kislev 3913
Chag HaBanot 153 1 Tevet 3914
Chag HaBanot 154 30 Kislev 3915
Chag HaBanot 155 30 Kislev 3916

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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