Chag HaBanot 4357 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8117

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8117 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 4354 30 Kislev 8114
Chag HaBanot 4354 30 Kislev 8115
Chag HaBanot 4355 1 Tevet 8116
Chag HaBanot 4357 30 Kislev 8117
Chag HaBanot 4357 30 Kislev 8118
Chag HaBanot 4358 30 Kislev 8119
Chag HaBanot 4360 30 Kislev 8120
Chag HaBanot 4360 1 Tevet 8121

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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