Chag HaBanot 8823 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12583

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12583 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 8820 30 Kislev 12580
Chag HaBanot 8821 1 Tevet 12581
Chag HaBanot 8822 30 Kislev 12582
Chag HaBanot 8823 30 Kislev 12583
Chag HaBanot 8824 30 Kislev 12584
Chag HaBanot 8825 1 Tevet 12585
Chag HaBanot 8826 30 Kislev 12586
Chag HaBanot 8827 30 Kislev 12587

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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