Chag HaBanot 3488 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7248

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7248 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 3485 1 Tevet 7246
Chag HaBanot 3486 30 Kislev 7247
Chag HaBanot 3488 30 Kislev 7248
Chag HaBanot 3488 30 Kislev 7249
Chag HaBanot 3489 1 Tevet 7250
Chag HaBanot 3491 30 Kislev 7251
Chag HaBanot 3491 30 Kislev 7252
Chag HaBanot 3492 30 Kislev 7253

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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