Chag HaBanot 4903 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8663

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8663 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 4900 30 Kislev 8660
Chag HaBanot 4900 30 Kislev 8661
Chag HaBanot 4901 1 Tevet 8662
Chag HaBanot 4903 30 Kislev 8663
Chag HaBanot 4903 30 Kislev 8664
Chag HaBanot 4905 30 Kislev 8665
Chag HaBanot 4905 1 Tevet 8666
Chag HaBanot 4906 30 Kislev 8667

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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