Chag HaBanot 4279 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8040

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8040 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 4275 30 Kislev 8036
Chag HaBanot 4276 30 Kislev 8037
Chag HaBanot 4278 1 Tevet 8038
Chag HaBanot 4278 30 Kislev 8039
Chag HaBanot 4279 30 Kislev 8040
Chag HaBanot 4281 30 Kislev 8041
Chag HaBanot 4281 30 Kislev 8042
Chag HaBanot 4282 1 Tevet 8043

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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