Chag HaBanot 4186 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7946

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7946 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 4183 30 Kislev 7943
Chag HaBanot 4183 30 Kislev 7944
Chag HaBanot 4184 1 Tevet 7945
Chag HaBanot 4186 30 Kislev 7946
Chag HaBanot 4186 30 Kislev 7947
Chag HaBanot 4187 1 Tevet 7948
Chag HaBanot 4188 30 Kislev 7949
Chag HaBanot 4189 30 Kislev 7950

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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