Chag HaBanot 4420 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8181

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8181 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 4417 30 Kislev 8177
Chag HaBanot 4417 30 Kislev 8178
Chag HaBanot 4419 1 Tevet 8179
Chag HaBanot 4419 30 Kislev 8180
Chag HaBanot 4420 30 Kislev 8181
Chag HaBanot 4422 30 Kislev 8182
Chag HaBanot 4422 1 Tevet 8183
Chag HaBanot 4423 30 Kislev 8184

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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