Chag HaBanot 162 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3923

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3923 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 159 30 Kislev 3920
Chag HaBanot 160 30 Kislev 3921
Chag HaBanot 161 30 Kislev 3922
Chag HaBanot 162 1 Tevet 3923
Chag HaBanot 163 30 Kislev 3924
Chag HaBanot 164 30 Kislev 3925
Chag HaBanot 165 30 Kislev 3926
Chag HaBanot 166 1 Tevet 3927

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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