Chag HaBanot 8864 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12624

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12624 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 8861 1 Tevet 12621
Chag HaBanot 8862 30 Kislev 12622
Chag HaBanot 8863 30 Kislev 12623
Chag HaBanot 8864 1 Tevet 12624
Chag HaBanot 8865 30 Kislev 12625
Chag HaBanot 8866 30 Kislev 12626
Chag HaBanot 8867 30 Kislev 12627
Chag HaBanot 8868 1 Tevet 12628

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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