Chag HaBanot 8220 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11980

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11980 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 8217 30 Kislev 11977
Chag HaBanot 8218 1 Tevet 11978
Chag HaBanot 8219 30 Kislev 11979
Chag HaBanot 8220 30 Kislev 11980
Chag HaBanot 8221 30 Kislev 11981
Chag HaBanot 8222 1 Tevet 11982
Chag HaBanot 8223 30 Kislev 11983
Chag HaBanot 8224 30 Kislev 11984

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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