Chag HaBanot 4102 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7862

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7862 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 4099 30 Kislev 7859
Chag HaBanot 4099 30 Kislev 7860
Chag HaBanot 4100 30 Kislev 7861
Chag HaBanot 4102 1 Tevet 7862
Chag HaBanot 4102 30 Kislev 7863
Chag HaBanot 4103 30 Kislev 7864
Chag HaBanot 4104 30 Kislev 7865
Chag HaBanot 4105 1 Tevet 7866

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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