Chag HaBanot 8884 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12644

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12644 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 8881 1 Tevet 12641
Chag HaBanot 8882 30 Kislev 12642
Chag HaBanot 8883 1 Tevet 12643
Chag HaBanot 8884 30 Kislev 12644
Chag HaBanot 8885 30 Kislev 12645
Chag HaBanot 8886 30 Kislev 12646
Chag HaBanot 8887 30 Kislev 12647
Chag HaBanot 8888 1 Tevet 12648

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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