Chag HaBanot 8304 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12064

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12064 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 8301 30 Kislev 12061
Chag HaBanot 8302 30 Kislev 12062
Chag HaBanot 8302 30 Kislev 12063
Chag HaBanot 8304 1 Tevet 12064
Chag HaBanot 8305 30 Kislev 12065
Chag HaBanot 8306 30 Kislev 12066
Chag HaBanot 8307 30 Kislev 12067
Chag HaBanot 8308 1 Tevet 12068

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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