Chag HaBanot 865 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4626

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4626 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 862 30 Kislev 4623
Chag HaBanot 863 1 Tevet 4624
Chag HaBanot 864 30 Kislev 4625
Chag HaBanot 865 30 Kislev 4626
Chag HaBanot 866 30 Kislev 4627
Chag HaBanot 867 1 Tevet 4628
Chag HaBanot 868 30 Kislev 4629
Chag HaBanot 869 30 Kislev 4630

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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