Chag HaBanot 831 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4592

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4592 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 828 1 Tevet 4589
Chag HaBanot 829 30 Kislev 4590
Chag HaBanot 830 30 Kislev 4591
Chag HaBanot 831 30 Kislev 4592
Chag HaBanot 832 1 Tevet 4593
Chag HaBanot 833 30 Kislev 4594
Chag HaBanot 834 30 Kislev 4595
Chag HaBanot 835 30 Kislev 4596

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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