Chag HaBanot 285 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4046

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4046 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 282 30 Kislev 4043
Chag HaBanot 283 30 Kislev 4044
Chag HaBanot 284 1 Tevet 4045
Chag HaBanot 285 30 Kislev 4046
Chag HaBanot 286 30 Kislev 4047
Chag HaBanot 287 1 Tevet 4048
Chag HaBanot 288 30 Kislev 4049
Chag HaBanot 289 30 Kislev 4050

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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