Chag HaBanot 365 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4126

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4126 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 362 1 Tevet 4123
Chag HaBanot 363 30 Kislev 4124
Chag HaBanot 364 30 Kislev 4125
Chag HaBanot 365 1 Tevet 4126
Chag HaBanot 366 30 Kislev 4127
Chag HaBanot 367 30 Kislev 4128
Chag HaBanot 368 30 Kislev 4129
Chag HaBanot 369 1 Tevet 4130

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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