Chag HaBanot 4381 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8141

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8141 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 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
Chag HaBanot 4384 30 Kislev 8144
Chag HaBanot 4384 1 Tevet 8145
Chag HaBanot 4385 30 Kislev 8146

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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