Chag HaBanot 4200 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7961

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7961 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 4197 30 Kislev 7957
Chag HaBanot 4197 30 Kislev 7958
Chag HaBanot 4198 30 Kislev 7959
Chag HaBanot 4199 1 Tevet 7960
Chag HaBanot 4200 30 Kislev 7961
Chag HaBanot 4202 30 Kislev 7962
Chag HaBanot 4202 30 Kislev 7963
Chag HaBanot 4203 1 Tevet 7964

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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