Chag HaBanot 8784 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12544

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12544 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 8781 30 Kislev 12541
Chag HaBanot 8782 30 Kislev 12542
Chag HaBanot 8783 1 Tevet 12543
Chag HaBanot 8784 30 Kislev 12544
Chag HaBanot 8785 30 Kislev 12545
Chag HaBanot 8786 1 Tevet 12546
Chag HaBanot 8787 30 Kislev 12547
Chag HaBanot 8788 30 Kislev 12548

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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