Chag HaBanot 4578 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8339

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8339 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 4575 1 Tevet 8336
Chag HaBanot 4577 30 Kislev 8337
Chag HaBanot 4577 30 Kislev 8338
Chag HaBanot 4578 30 Kislev 8339
Chag HaBanot 4580 30 Kislev 8340
Chag HaBanot 4580 1 Tevet 8341
Chag HaBanot 4582 30 Kislev 8342
Chag HaBanot 4582 30 Kislev 8343

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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