Chag HaBanot 8769 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12529

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12529 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 8766 30 Kislev 12526
Chag HaBanot 8767 1 Tevet 12527
Chag HaBanot 8768 30 Kislev 12528
Chag HaBanot 8769 30 Kislev 12529
Chag HaBanot 8770 1 Tevet 12530
Chag HaBanot 8771 30 Kislev 12531
Chag HaBanot 8772 30 Kislev 12532
Chag HaBanot 8773 30 Kislev 12533

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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