Chag HaBanot 4325 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8086

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8086 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 4322 30 Kislev 8082
Chag HaBanot 4322 30 Kislev 8083
Chag HaBanot 4324 30 Kislev 8084
Chag HaBanot 4324 1 Tevet 8085
Chag HaBanot 4325 30 Kislev 8086
Chag HaBanot 4327 30 Kislev 8087
Chag HaBanot 4327 30 Kislev 8088
Chag HaBanot 4328 1 Tevet 8089

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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