Chag HaBanot 1154 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4915

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4915 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 1151 30 Kislev 4912
Chag HaBanot 1152 30 Kislev 4913
Chag HaBanot 1153 1 Tevet 4914
Chag HaBanot 1154 30 Kislev 4915
Chag HaBanot 1155 30 Kislev 4916
Chag HaBanot 1156 30 Kislev 4917
Chag HaBanot 1157 1 Tevet 4918
Chag HaBanot 1158 30 Kislev 4919

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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