Chag HaBanot 5103 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8863

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8863 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 5101 30 Kislev 8861
Chag HaBanot 5101 1 Tevet 8862
Chag HaBanot 5103 30 Kislev 8863
Chag HaBanot 5104 30 Kislev 8864
Chag HaBanot 5104 1 Tevet 8865
Chag HaBanot 5106 30 Kislev 8866
Chag HaBanot 5106 30 Kislev 8867
Chag HaBanot 5107 30 Kislev 8868

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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