Chag HaBanot 200 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3961

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3961 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 197 1 Tevet 3958
Chag HaBanot 198 30 Kislev 3959
Chag HaBanot 199 30 Kislev 3960
Chag HaBanot 200 30 Kislev 3961
Chag HaBanot 201 30 Kislev 3962
Chag HaBanot 202 1 Tevet 3963
Chag HaBanot 203 30 Kislev 3964
Chag HaBanot 204 30 Kislev 3965

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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