Chag HaBanot 8506 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12266

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12266 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 8503 1 Tevet 12263
Chag HaBanot 8504 30 Kislev 12264
Chag HaBanot 8505 30 Kislev 12265
Chag HaBanot 8506 30 Kislev 12266
Chag HaBanot 8507 30 Kislev 12267
Chag HaBanot 8508 30 Kislev 12268
Chag HaBanot 8509 1 Tevet 12269
Chag HaBanot 8510 30 Kislev 12270

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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