Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8940 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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| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 5177 | 30 Kislev 8937 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5177 | 30 Kislev 8938 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5179 | 30 Kislev 8939 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5180 | 1 Tevet 8940 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5180 | 30 Kislev 8941 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5182 | 30 Kislev 8942 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5182 | 30 Kislev 8943 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5183 | 1 Tevet 8944 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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