Chag HaBanot 6988 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10748

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10748 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 6985 30 Kislev 10745
Chag HaBanot 6985 30 Kislev 10746
Chag HaBanot 6987 1 Tevet 10747
Chag HaBanot 6988 30 Kislev 10748
Chag HaBanot 6988 30 Kislev 10749
Chag HaBanot 6990 30 Kislev 10750
Chag HaBanot 6991 1 Tevet 10751
Chag HaBanot 6991 30 Kislev 10752

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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