Chag HaBanot 4778 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8538

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8538 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 4775 30 Kislev 8535
Chag HaBanot 4775 30 Kislev 8536
Chag HaBanot 4776 1 Tevet 8537
Chag HaBanot 4778 30 Kislev 8538
Chag HaBanot 4778 30 Kislev 8539
Chag HaBanot 4780 30 Kislev 8540
Chag HaBanot 4781 1 Tevet 8541
Chag HaBanot 4781 30 Kislev 8542

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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