Chag HaBanot 4379 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8139

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8139 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 4376 1 Tevet 8136
Chag HaBanot 4376 30 Kislev 8137
Chag HaBanot 4377 30 Kislev 8138
Chag HaBanot 4379 30 Kislev 8139
Chag HaBanot 4379 1 Tevet 8140
Chag HaBanot 4381 30 Kislev 8141
Chag HaBanot 4381 30 Kislev 8142
Chag HaBanot 4382 30 Kislev 8143

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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