Chag HaBanot 8720 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12480

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12480 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 8717 30 Kislev 12477
Chag HaBanot 8718 30 Kislev 12478
Chag HaBanot 8719 30 Kislev 12479
Chag HaBanot 8720 1 Tevet 12480
Chag HaBanot 8720 30 Kislev 12481
Chag HaBanot 8722 30 Kislev 12482
Chag HaBanot 8723 1 Tevet 12483
Chag HaBanot 8724 30 Kislev 12484

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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