Chag HaBanot 928 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4689

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4689 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 925 30 Kislev 4686
Chag HaBanot 926 30 Kislev 4687
Chag HaBanot 927 1 Tevet 4688
Chag HaBanot 928 30 Kislev 4689
Chag HaBanot 929 30 Kislev 4690
Chag HaBanot 930 1 Tevet 4691
Chag HaBanot 931 30 Kislev 4692
Chag HaBanot 932 30 Kislev 4693

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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