Chag HaBanot 4168 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7929

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7929 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 4165 30 Kislev 7926
Chag HaBanot 4167 30 Kislev 7927
Chag HaBanot 4167 30 Kislev 7928
Chag HaBanot 4168 1 Tevet 7929
Chag HaBanot 4169 30 Kislev 7930
Chag HaBanot 4170 30 Kislev 7931
Chag HaBanot 4172 1 Tevet 7932
Chag HaBanot 4172 30 Kislev 7933

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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