Chag HaBanot 1183 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4944

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4944 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 1180 30 Kislev 4941
Chag HaBanot 1181 1 Tevet 4942
Chag HaBanot 1182 30 Kislev 4943
Chag HaBanot 1183 30 Kislev 4944
Chag HaBanot 1184 30 Kislev 4945
Chag HaBanot 1185 1 Tevet 4946
Chag HaBanot 1186 30 Kislev 4947
Chag HaBanot 1187 30 Kislev 4948

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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