Chag HaBanot 5039 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8799

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8799 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 5036 30 Kislev 8796
Chag HaBanot 5036 30 Kislev 8797
Chag HaBanot 5038 30 Kislev 8798
Chag HaBanot 5039 1 Tevet 8799
Chag HaBanot 5039 30 Kislev 8800
Chag HaBanot 5041 30 Kislev 8801
Chag HaBanot 5041 30 Kislev 8802
Chag HaBanot 5042 1 Tevet 8803

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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