Chag HaBanot 4343 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8103

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8103 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 4341 1 Tevet 8101
Chag HaBanot 4341 30 Kislev 8102
Chag HaBanot 4343 30 Kislev 8103
Chag HaBanot 4343 30 Kislev 8104
Chag HaBanot 4344 1 Tevet 8105
Chag HaBanot 4346 30 Kislev 8106
Chag HaBanot 4346 30 Kislev 8107
Chag HaBanot 4347 30 Kislev 8108

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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