Chag HaBanot 4544 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8304

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8304 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 4541 30 Kislev 8302
Chag HaBanot 4542 30 Kislev 8303
Chag HaBanot 4544 30 Kislev 8304
Chag HaBanot 4544 1 Tevet 8305
Chag HaBanot 4545 30 Kislev 8306
Chag HaBanot 4547 30 Kislev 8307
Chag HaBanot 4547 30 Kislev 8308
Chag HaBanot 4548 1 Tevet 8309

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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