Chag HaBanot 4292 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8052

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8052 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 4289 30 Kislev 8049
Chag HaBanot 4289 30 Kislev 8050
Chag HaBanot 4290 1 Tevet 8051
Chag HaBanot 4292 30 Kislev 8052
Chag HaBanot 4292 30 Kislev 8053
Chag HaBanot 4293 1 Tevet 8054
Chag HaBanot 4294 30 Kislev 8055
Chag HaBanot 4295 30 Kislev 8056

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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