Chag HaBanot 194 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3955

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3955 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 191 30 Kislev 3952
Chag HaBanot 192 30 Kislev 3953
Chag HaBanot 193 1 Tevet 3954
Chag HaBanot 194 30 Kislev 3955
Chag HaBanot 195 30 Kislev 3956
Chag HaBanot 196 30 Kislev 3957
Chag HaBanot 197 1 Tevet 3958
Chag HaBanot 198 30 Kislev 3959

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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