Chag HaBanot 4957 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8717

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8717 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 4954 30 Kislev 8714
Chag HaBanot 4954 30 Kislev 8715
Chag HaBanot 4955 30 Kislev 8716
Chag HaBanot 4957 1 Tevet 8717
Chag HaBanot 4957 30 Kislev 8718
Chag HaBanot 4958 30 Kislev 8719
Chag HaBanot 4960 30 Kislev 8720
Chag HaBanot 4960 1 Tevet 8721

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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