Chag HaBanot 6228 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9988

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9988 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 6225 30 Kislev 9985
Chag HaBanot 6225 1 Tevet 9986
Chag HaBanot 6227 30 Kislev 9987
Chag HaBanot 6228 30 Kislev 9988
Chag HaBanot 6228 30 Kislev 9989
Chag HaBanot 6230 30 Kislev 9990
Chag HaBanot 6231 30 Kislev 9991
Chag HaBanot 6231 1 Tevet 9992

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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