Chag HaBanot 8326 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12086

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12086 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 8323 30 Kislev 12083
Chag HaBanot 8324 1 Tevet 12084
Chag HaBanot 8325 30 Kislev 12085
Chag HaBanot 8326 30 Kislev 12086
Chag HaBanot 8327 1 Tevet 12087
Chag HaBanot 8328 30 Kislev 12088
Chag HaBanot 8329 30 Kislev 12089
Chag HaBanot 8330 30 Kislev 12090

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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