Chag HaBanot 1164 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4925

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4925 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 1161 1 Tevet 4922
Chag HaBanot 1162 30 Kislev 4923
Chag HaBanot 1163 30 Kislev 4924
Chag HaBanot 1164 30 Kislev 4925
Chag HaBanot 1165 30 Kislev 4926
Chag HaBanot 1166 1 Tevet 4927
Chag HaBanot 1167 30 Kislev 4928
Chag HaBanot 1168 1 Tevet 4929

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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