Chag HaBanot 8928 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12688

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12688 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 8925 30 Kislev 12685
Chag HaBanot 8926 30 Kislev 12686
Chag HaBanot 8927 1 Tevet 12687
Chag HaBanot 8928 30 Kislev 12688
Chag HaBanot 8929 30 Kislev 12689
Chag HaBanot 8930 30 Kislev 12690
Chag HaBanot 8931 30 Kislev 12691
Chag HaBanot 8932 1 Tevet 12692

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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