Chag HaBanot 4132 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7892

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7892 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 4129 30 Kislev 7889
Chag HaBanot 4129 30 Kislev 7890
Chag HaBanot 4130 1 Tevet 7891
Chag HaBanot 4132 30 Kislev 7892
Chag HaBanot 4132 1 Tevet 7893
Chag HaBanot 4134 30 Kislev 7894
Chag HaBanot 4134 30 Kislev 7895
Chag HaBanot 4135 30 Kislev 7896

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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