Chag HaBanot 4653 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8413

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8413 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 4650 30 Kislev 8410
Chag HaBanot 4650 30 Kislev 8411
Chag HaBanot 4651 1 Tevet 8412
Chag HaBanot 4653 30 Kislev 8413
Chag HaBanot 4653 30 Kislev 8414
Chag HaBanot 4654 1 Tevet 8415
Chag HaBanot 4656 30 Kislev 8416
Chag HaBanot 4656 30 Kislev 8417

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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