Chag HaBanot 8843 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12603

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12603 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 8840 30 Kislev 12600
Chag HaBanot 8841 1 Tevet 12601
Chag HaBanot 8842 30 Kislev 12602
Chag HaBanot 8843 30 Kislev 12603
Chag HaBanot 8844 30 Kislev 12604
Chag HaBanot 8845 1 Tevet 12605
Chag HaBanot 8846 30 Kislev 12606
Chag HaBanot 8847 30 Kislev 12607

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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