Chag HaBanot 4501 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8261

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8261 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 4498 30 Kislev 8258
Chag HaBanot 4498 30 Kislev 8259
Chag HaBanot 4499 30 Kislev 8260
Chag HaBanot 4501 30 Kislev 8261
Chag HaBanot 4501 30 Kislev 8262
Chag HaBanot 4502 1 Tevet 8263
Chag HaBanot 4504 30 Kislev 8264
Chag HaBanot 4504 1 Tevet 8265

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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