Chag HaBanot 3247 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7008

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7008 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 3244 30 Kislev 7004
Chag HaBanot 3244 30 Kislev 7005
Chag HaBanot 3245 30 Kislev 7006
Chag HaBanot 3246 30 Kislev 7007
Chag HaBanot 3247 1 Tevet 7008
Chag HaBanot 3248 30 Kislev 7009
Chag HaBanot 3249 30 Kislev 7010
Chag HaBanot 3250 1 Tevet 7011

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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