Chag HaBanot 4040 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7801

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7801 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 4036 30 Kislev 7797
Chag HaBanot 4037 30 Kislev 7798
Chag HaBanot 4039 30 Kislev 7799
Chag HaBanot 4039 1 Tevet 7800
Chag HaBanot 4040 30 Kislev 7801
Chag HaBanot 4042 30 Kislev 7802
Chag HaBanot 4042 30 Kislev 7803
Chag HaBanot 4043 1 Tevet 7804

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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