Chag HaBanot 178 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3939

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3939 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 175 30 Kislev 3936
Chag HaBanot 176 30 Kislev 3937
Chag HaBanot 177 30 Kislev 3938
Chag HaBanot 178 1 Tevet 3939
Chag HaBanot 179 30 Kislev 3940
Chag HaBanot 180 30 Kislev 3941
Chag HaBanot 181 30 Kislev 3942
Chag HaBanot 182 1 Tevet 3943

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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