Chag HaBanot 5066 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8826

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8826 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 5063 30 Kislev 8823
Chag HaBanot 5063 30 Kislev 8824
Chag HaBanot 5065 30 Kislev 8825
Chag HaBanot 5066 1 Tevet 8826
Chag HaBanot 5066 30 Kislev 8827
Chag HaBanot 5068 30 Kislev 8828
Chag HaBanot 5068 30 Kislev 8829
Chag HaBanot 5069 1 Tevet 8830

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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