Chag HaBanot 5128 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8888

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8888 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 5125 30 Kislev 8885
Chag HaBanot 5125 1 Tevet 8886
Chag HaBanot 5126 30 Kislev 8887
Chag HaBanot 5128 30 Kislev 8888
Chag HaBanot 5128 30 Kislev 8889
Chag HaBanot 5129 1 Tevet 8890
Chag HaBanot 5131 30 Kislev 8891
Chag HaBanot 5131 30 Kislev 8892

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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