Chag HaBanot 4811 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8572

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8572 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 4808 1 Tevet 8568
Chag HaBanot 4808 30 Kislev 8569
Chag HaBanot 4810 30 Kislev 8570
Chag HaBanot 4810 30 Kislev 8571
Chag HaBanot 4811 1 Tevet 8572
Chag HaBanot 4813 30 Kislev 8573
Chag HaBanot 4813 30 Kislev 8574
Chag HaBanot 4814 1 Tevet 8575

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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