Chag HaBanot 196 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3957

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3957 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 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
Chag HaBanot 199 30 Kislev 3960
Chag HaBanot 200 30 Kislev 3961

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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