Chag HaBanot 1885 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5646

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5646 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 1882 1 Tevet 5643
Chag HaBanot 1883 30 Kislev 5644
Chag HaBanot 1884 30 Kislev 5645
Chag HaBanot 1885 30 Kislev 5646
Chag HaBanot 1886 30 Kislev 5647
Chag HaBanot 1887 1 Tevet 5648
Chag HaBanot 1888 30 Kislev 5649
Chag HaBanot 1889 30 Kislev 5650

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Holidays
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