Chag HaBanot 922 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4683

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4683 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 919 1 Tevet 4680
Chag HaBanot 920 30 Kislev 4681
Chag HaBanot 921 30 Kislev 4682
Chag HaBanot 922 30 Kislev 4683
Chag HaBanot 923 1 Tevet 4684
Chag HaBanot 924 30 Kislev 4685
Chag HaBanot 925 30 Kislev 4686
Chag HaBanot 926 30 Kislev 4687

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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