Chag HaBanot 5060 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8820

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8820 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 5057 30 Kislev 8817
Chag HaBanot 5058 30 Kislev 8818
Chag HaBanot 5058 1 Tevet 8819
Chag HaBanot 5060 30 Kislev 8820
Chag HaBanot 5060 30 Kislev 8821
Chag HaBanot 5061 1 Tevet 8822
Chag HaBanot 5063 30 Kislev 8823
Chag HaBanot 5063 30 Kislev 8824

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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