Chag HaBanot 4312 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8073

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8073 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 4309 1 Tevet 8070
Chag HaBanot 4311 30 Kislev 8071
Chag HaBanot 4311 30 Kislev 8072
Chag HaBanot 4312 30 Kislev 8073
Chag HaBanot 4314 1 Tevet 8074
Chag HaBanot 4314 30 Kislev 8075
Chag HaBanot 4316 30 Kislev 8076
Chag HaBanot 4316 30 Kislev 8077

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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