Chag HaBanot 8103 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11863

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11863 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 8100 1 Tevet 11860
Chag HaBanot 8101 30 Kislev 11861
Chag HaBanot 8101 30 Kislev 11862
Chag HaBanot 8103 30 Kislev 11863
Chag HaBanot 8104 1 Tevet 11864
Chag HaBanot 8105 30 Kislev 11865
Chag HaBanot 8106 30 Kislev 11866
Chag HaBanot 8107 1 Tevet 11867

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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