Chag HaBanot 8877 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12637

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12637 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 8874 30 Kislev 12634
Chag HaBanot 8875 30 Kislev 12635
Chag HaBanot 8876 1 Tevet 12636
Chag HaBanot 8877 30 Kislev 12637
Chag HaBanot 8878 30 Kislev 12638
Chag HaBanot 8879 30 Kislev 12639
Chag HaBanot 8880 30 Kislev 12640
Chag HaBanot 8881 1 Tevet 12641

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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