Chag HaBanot 8739 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12499

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12499 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 8736 1 Tevet 12496
Chag HaBanot 8737 30 Kislev 12497
Chag HaBanot 8738 30 Kislev 12498
Chag HaBanot 8739 30 Kislev 12499
Chag HaBanot 8740 1 Tevet 12500
Chag HaBanot 8741 30 Kislev 12501
Chag HaBanot 8742 30 Kislev 12502
Chag HaBanot 8743 1 Tevet 12503

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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