Chag HaBanot 885 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4646

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4646 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 882 30 Kislev 4643
Chag HaBanot 883 1 Tevet 4644
Chag HaBanot 884 30 Kislev 4645
Chag HaBanot 885 30 Kislev 4646
Chag HaBanot 886 1 Tevet 4647
Chag HaBanot 887 30 Kislev 4648
Chag HaBanot 888 30 Kislev 4649
Chag HaBanot 889 30 Kislev 4650

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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