Chag HaBanot 4297 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8057

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8057 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 4294 30 Kislev 8055
Chag HaBanot 4295 30 Kislev 8056
Chag HaBanot 4297 30 Kislev 8057
Chag HaBanot 4297 1 Tevet 8058
Chag HaBanot 4298 30 Kislev 8059
Chag HaBanot 4300 30 Kislev 8060
Chag HaBanot 4300 30 Kislev 8061
Chag HaBanot 4301 1 Tevet 8062

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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