Chag HaBanot 8991 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12751

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12751 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 8988 30 Kislev 12748
Chag HaBanot 8989 30 Kislev 12749
Chag HaBanot 8990 1 Tevet 12750
Chag HaBanot 8991 30 Kislev 12751
Chag HaBanot 8992 30 Kislev 12752
Chag HaBanot 8993 30 Kislev 12753
Chag HaBanot 8994 1 Tevet 12754
Chag HaBanot 8995 30 Kislev 12755

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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