Chag HaBanot 7840 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11600

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11600 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 7837 1 Tevet 11597
Chag HaBanot 7838 30 Kislev 11598
Chag HaBanot 7839 30 Kislev 11599
Chag HaBanot 7840 30 Kislev 11600
Chag HaBanot 7841 1 Tevet 11601
Chag HaBanot 7842 30 Kislev 11602
Chag HaBanot 7843 30 Kislev 11603
Chag HaBanot 7844 30 Kislev 11604

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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