Chag HaBanot 4051 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7812

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7812 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 4048 30 Kislev 7809
Chag HaBanot 4050 30 Kislev 7810
Chag HaBanot 4050 1 Tevet 7811
Chag HaBanot 4051 30 Kislev 7812
Chag HaBanot 4053 30 Kislev 7813
Chag HaBanot 4053 30 Kislev 7814
Chag HaBanot 4054 1 Tevet 7815

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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