Chag HaBanot 4962 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8722

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8722 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 4960 30 Kislev 8720
Chag HaBanot 4960 1 Tevet 8721
Chag HaBanot 4962 30 Kislev 8722
Chag HaBanot 4962 30 Kislev 8723
Chag HaBanot 4963 1 Tevet 8724
Chag HaBanot 4965 30 Kislev 8725
Chag HaBanot 4965 30 Kislev 8726
Chag HaBanot 4966 30 Kislev 8727

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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