Chag HaBanot 4599 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8359

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8359 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 4596 1 Tevet 8356
Chag HaBanot 4596 30 Kislev 8357
Chag HaBanot 4597 30 Kislev 8358
Chag HaBanot 4599 30 Kislev 8359
Chag HaBanot 4599 1 Tevet 8360
Chag HaBanot 4601 30 Kislev 8361
Chag HaBanot 4601 30 Kislev 8362
Chag HaBanot 4602 1 Tevet 8363

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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