Chag HaBanot 4401 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8162

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8162 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 4398 30 Kislev 8158
Chag HaBanot 4398 1 Tevet 8159
Chag HaBanot 4400 30 Kislev 8160
Chag HaBanot 4400 30 Kislev 8161
Chag HaBanot 4401 30 Kislev 8162
Chag HaBanot 4403 30 Kislev 8163
Chag HaBanot 4403 30 Kislev 8164
Chag HaBanot 4404 1 Tevet 8165

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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