Chag HaBanot 4222 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7983

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7983 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 4219 30 Kislev 7979
Chag HaBanot 4219 1 Tevet 7980
Chag HaBanot 4221 30 Kislev 7981
Chag HaBanot 4221 30 Kislev 7982
Chag HaBanot 4222 1 Tevet 7983
Chag HaBanot 4224 30 Kislev 7984
Chag HaBanot 4224 30 Kislev 7985
Chag HaBanot 4225 30 Kislev 7986

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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