Chag HaBanot 4985 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8746

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8746 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 4982 30 Kislev 8743
Chag HaBanot 4984 1 Tevet 8744
Chag HaBanot 4984 30 Kislev 8745
Chag HaBanot 4985 30 Kislev 8746
Chag HaBanot 4987 30 Kislev 8747
Chag HaBanot 4987 1 Tevet 8748
Chag HaBanot 4989 30 Kislev 8749

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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