Chag HaBanot 427 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4188

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4188 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 424 30 Kislev 4185
Chag HaBanot 425 1 Tevet 4186
Chag HaBanot 426 30 Kislev 4187
Chag HaBanot 427 30 Kislev 4188
Chag HaBanot 428 30 Kislev 4189
Chag HaBanot 429 1 Tevet 4190
Chag HaBanot 430 30 Kislev 4191
Chag HaBanot 431 30 Kislev 4192

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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