Chag HaBanot 4591 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8352

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8352 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 4588 1 Tevet 8348
Chag HaBanot 4588 30 Kislev 8349
Chag HaBanot 4590 30 Kislev 8350
Chag HaBanot 4590 30 Kislev 8351
Chag HaBanot 4591 1 Tevet 8352
Chag HaBanot 4593 30 Kislev 8353
Chag HaBanot 4593 30 Kislev 8354
Chag HaBanot 4594 30 Kislev 8355

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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