Chag HaBanot 5218 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8978

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8978 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 5215 1 Tevet 8975
Chag HaBanot 5215 30 Kislev 8976
Chag HaBanot 5217 30 Kislev 8977
Chag HaBanot 5218 30 Kislev 8978
Chag HaBanot 5218 1 Tevet 8979
Chag HaBanot 5220 30 Kislev 8980
Chag HaBanot 5220 30 Kislev 8981
Chag HaBanot 5221 30 Kislev 8982

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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