Chag HaBanot 4431 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8192

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8192 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 4427 30 Kislev 8188
Chag HaBanot 4428 30 Kislev 8189
Chag HaBanot 4430 30 Kislev 8190
Chag HaBanot 4430 30 Kislev 8191
Chag HaBanot 4431 1 Tevet 8192
Chag HaBanot 4433 30 Kislev 8193
Chag HaBanot 4433 30 Kislev 8194
Chag HaBanot 4434 1 Tevet 8195

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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