Chag HaBanot 4392 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8152

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8152 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 4389 30 Kislev 8150
Chag HaBanot 4390 30 Kislev 8151
Chag HaBanot 4392 1 Tevet 8152
Chag HaBanot 4392 30 Kislev 8153
Chag HaBanot 4393 30 Kislev 8154
Chag HaBanot 4395 30 Kislev 8155
Chag HaBanot 4395 1 Tevet 8156
Chag HaBanot 4396 30 Kislev 8157

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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