Chag HaBanot 8040 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11800

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11800 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 8038 30 Kislev 11798
Chag HaBanot 8039 30 Kislev 11799
Chag HaBanot 8040 30 Kislev 11800
Chag HaBanot 8041 30 Kislev 11801
Chag HaBanot 8042 1 Tevet 11802
Chag HaBanot 8043 30 Kislev 11803
Chag HaBanot 8044 30 Kislev 11804
Chag HaBanot 8044 1 Tevet 11805

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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