Chag HaBanot 4407 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8168

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8168 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 4404 1 Tevet 8165
Chag HaBanot 4406 30 Kislev 8166
Chag HaBanot 4406 30 Kislev 8167
Chag HaBanot 4407 1 Tevet 8168
Chag HaBanot 4408 30 Kislev 8169
Chag HaBanot 4409 30 Kislev 8170
Chag HaBanot 4411 30 Kislev 8171
Chag HaBanot 4411 1 Tevet 8172

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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