Chag HaBanot 3882 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7642

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7642 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 3879 30 Kislev 7639
Chag HaBanot 3879 30 Kislev 7640
Chag HaBanot 3880 30 Kislev 7641
Chag HaBanot 3882 30 Kislev 7642
Chag HaBanot 3882 30 Kislev 7643
Chag HaBanot 3883 1 Tevet 7644
Chag HaBanot 3884 30 Kislev 7645
Chag HaBanot 3885 1 Tevet 7646

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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