Chag HaBanot 8814 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12574

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12574 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 8811 30 Kislev 12571
Chag HaBanot 8812 30 Kislev 12572
Chag HaBanot 8813 30 Kislev 12573
Chag HaBanot 8814 1 Tevet 12574
Chag HaBanot 8815 30 Kislev 12575
Chag HaBanot 8816 30 Kislev 12576
Chag HaBanot 8817 30 Kislev 12577
Chag HaBanot 8818 1 Tevet 12578

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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