Chag HaBanot 4388 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8149

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8149 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 4385 30 Kislev 8146
Chag HaBanot 4387 30 Kislev 8147
Chag HaBanot 4387 30 Kislev 8148
Chag HaBanot 4388 1 Tevet 8149
Chag HaBanot 4389 30 Kislev 8150
Chag HaBanot 4390 30 Kislev 8151
Chag HaBanot 4392 1 Tevet 8152
Chag HaBanot 4392 30 Kislev 8153

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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