Chag HaBanot 4463 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8223

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8223 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 4460 30 Kislev 8220
Chag HaBanot 4460 30 Kislev 8221
Chag HaBanot 4461 30 Kislev 8222
Chag HaBanot 4463 1 Tevet 8223
Chag HaBanot 4463 30 Kislev 8224
Chag HaBanot 4464 30 Kislev 8225
Chag HaBanot 4466 30 Kislev 8226
Chag HaBanot 4466 1 Tevet 8227

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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