Chag HaBanot 8728 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12488

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12488 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 8725 30 Kislev 12485
Chag HaBanot 8726 30 Kislev 12486
Chag HaBanot 8727 1 Tevet 12487
Chag HaBanot 8728 30 Kislev 12488
Chag HaBanot 8729 30 Kislev 12489
Chag HaBanot 8730 30 Kislev 12490
Chag HaBanot 8731 1 Tevet 12491
Chag HaBanot 8732 30 Kislev 12492

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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