Chag HaBanot 4639 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8399

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8399 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 4637 30 Kislev 8397
Chag HaBanot 4637 30 Kislev 8398
Chag HaBanot 4639 1 Tevet 8399
Chag HaBanot 4639 30 Kislev 8400
Chag HaBanot 4640 30 Kislev 8401
Chag HaBanot 4642 30 Kislev 8402
Chag HaBanot 4642 1 Tevet 8403
Chag HaBanot 4643 30 Kislev 8404

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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