Chag HaBanot 401 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4162

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4162 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 398 1 Tevet 4159
Chag HaBanot 399 30 Kislev 4160
Chag HaBanot 400 1 Tevet 4161
Chag HaBanot 401 30 Kislev 4162
Chag HaBanot 402 30 Kislev 4163
Chag HaBanot 403 30 Kislev 4164
Chag HaBanot 404 30 Kislev 4165
Chag HaBanot 405 1 Tevet 4166

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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