Chag HaBanot 4520 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8280

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8280 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 4517 1 Tevet 8277
Chag HaBanot 4517 30 Kislev 8278
Chag HaBanot 4518 30 Kislev 8279
Chag HaBanot 4520 30 Kislev 8280
Chag HaBanot 4520 1 Tevet 8281
Chag HaBanot 4521 30 Kislev 8282
Chag HaBanot 4523 30 Kislev 8283
Chag HaBanot 4523 30 Kislev 8284

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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