Chag HaBanot 8423 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12183

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12183 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 8420 30 Kislev 12180
Chag HaBanot 8421 30 Kislev 12181
Chag HaBanot 8422 1 Tevet 12182
Chag HaBanot 8423 30 Kislev 12183
Chag HaBanot 8424 30 Kislev 12184
Chag HaBanot 8424 1 Tevet 12185
Chag HaBanot 8426 30 Kislev 12186
Chag HaBanot 8427 30 Kislev 12187

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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