Chag HaBanot 4719 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8480

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8480 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 4715 30 Kislev 8476
Chag HaBanot 4716 1 Tevet 8477
Chag HaBanot 4718 30 Kislev 8478
Chag HaBanot 4718 30 Kislev 8479
Chag HaBanot 4719 30 Kislev 8480
Chag HaBanot 4721 1 Tevet 8481
Chag HaBanot 4721 30 Kislev 8482
Chag HaBanot 4723 30 Kislev 8483

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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