Chag HaBanot 5053 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8814

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8814 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 5050 1 Tevet 8811
Chag HaBanot 5052 30 Kislev 8812
Chag HaBanot 5052 30 Kislev 8813
Chag HaBanot 5053 30 Kislev 8814
Chag HaBanot 5055 1 Tevet 8815
Chag HaBanot 5055 30 Kislev 8816
Chag HaBanot 5057 30 Kislev 8817

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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