Chag HaBanot 8001 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11761

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11761 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 7998 30 Kislev 11758
Chag HaBanot 7998 1 Tevet 11759
Chag HaBanot 8000 30 Kislev 11760
Chag HaBanot 8001 30 Kislev 11761
Chag HaBanot 8002 1 Tevet 11762
Chag HaBanot 8003 30 Kislev 11763
Chag HaBanot 8004 30 Kislev 11764
Chag HaBanot 8005 30 Kislev 11765

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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