Chag HaBanot 4108 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7869

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7869 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 4104 30 Kislev 7865
Chag HaBanot 4105 1 Tevet 7866
Chag HaBanot 4107 30 Kislev 7867
Chag HaBanot 4107 30 Kislev 7868
Chag HaBanot 4108 1 Tevet 7869
Chag HaBanot 4110 30 Kislev 7870
Chag HaBanot 4110 30 Kislev 7871
Chag HaBanot 4111 30 Kislev 7872

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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