Chag HaBanot 8388 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12148

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12148 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 8385 30 Kislev 12145
Chag HaBanot 8386 30 Kislev 12146
Chag HaBanot 8387 1 Tevet 12147
Chag HaBanot 8388 30 Kislev 12148
Chag HaBanot 8389 30 Kislev 12149
Chag HaBanot 8390 30 Kislev 12150
Chag HaBanot 8391 1 Tevet 12151
Chag HaBanot 8392 30 Kislev 12152

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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