Chag HaBanot 4531 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8291

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8291 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 4528 30 Kislev 8288
Chag HaBanot 4528 30 Kislev 8289
Chag HaBanot 4529 1 Tevet 8290
Chag HaBanot 4531 30 Kislev 8291
Chag HaBanot 4531 30 Kislev 8292
Chag HaBanot 4533 30 Kislev 8293
Chag HaBanot 4533 1 Tevet 8294
Chag HaBanot 4534 30 Kislev 8295

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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