Chag HaBanot 8079 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11839

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11839 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 8076 30 Kislev 11836
Chag HaBanot 8077 1 Tevet 11837
Chag HaBanot 8078 30 Kislev 11838
Chag HaBanot 8079 30 Kislev 11839
Chag HaBanot 8080 1 Tevet 11840
Chag HaBanot 8081 30 Kislev 11841
Chag HaBanot 8082 30 Kislev 11842
Chag HaBanot 8082 30 Kislev 11843

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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