Chag HaBanot 892 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4653

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4653 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 889 30 Kislev 4650
Chag HaBanot 890 30 Kislev 4651
Chag HaBanot 891 30 Kislev 4652
Chag HaBanot 892 1 Tevet 4653
Chag HaBanot 893 30 Kislev 4654
Chag HaBanot 894 1 Tevet 4655
Chag HaBanot 895 30 Kislev 4656
Chag HaBanot 896 30 Kislev 4657

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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