Chag HaBanot 4868 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8629

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8629 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 4865 30 Kislev 8625
Chag HaBanot 4865 1 Tevet 8626
Chag HaBanot 4867 30 Kislev 8627
Chag HaBanot 4867 30 Kislev 8628
Chag HaBanot 4868 30 Kislev 8629
Chag HaBanot 4870 1 Tevet 8630
Chag HaBanot 4870 30 Kislev 8631
Chag HaBanot 4871 30 Kislev 8632

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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