Chag HaBanot 4666 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8426

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8426 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 4664 30 Kislev 8424
Chag HaBanot 4664 30 Kislev 8425
Chag HaBanot 4666 1 Tevet 8426
Chag HaBanot 4666 30 Kislev 8427
Chag HaBanot 4667 30 Kislev 8428
Chag HaBanot 4669 30 Kislev 8429
Chag HaBanot 4669 1 Tevet 8430
Chag HaBanot 4670 30 Kislev 8431

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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