Chag HaBanot 5114 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8874

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8874 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 5112 30 Kislev 8872
Chag HaBanot 5112 1 Tevet 8873
Chag HaBanot 5114 30 Kislev 8874
Chag HaBanot 5115 30 Kislev 8875
Chag HaBanot 5115 30 Kislev 8876
Chag HaBanot 5117 1 Tevet 8877
Chag HaBanot 5117 30 Kislev 8878
Chag HaBanot 5118 30 Kislev 8879

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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