Chag HaBanot 1145 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4906

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4906 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 1142 30 Kislev 4903
Chag HaBanot 1143 30 Kislev 4904
Chag HaBanot 1144 30 Kislev 4905
Chag HaBanot 1145 30 Kislev 4906
Chag HaBanot 1146 1 Tevet 4907
Chag HaBanot 1147 30 Kislev 4908
Chag HaBanot 1148 30 Kislev 4909
Chag HaBanot 1149 1 Tevet 4910

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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