Chag HaBanot 4979 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8739

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8739 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 4976 30 Kislev 8736
Chag HaBanot 4976 1 Tevet 8737
Chag HaBanot 4977 30 Kislev 8738
Chag HaBanot 4979 30 Kislev 8739
Chag HaBanot 4979 1 Tevet 8740
Chag HaBanot 4981 30 Kislev 8741
Chag HaBanot 4981 30 Kislev 8742
Chag HaBanot 4982 30 Kislev 8743

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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