Chag HaBanot 8998 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12758

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12758 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 8995 30 Kislev 12755
Chag HaBanot 8996 30 Kislev 12756
Chag HaBanot 8997 1 Tevet 12757
Chag HaBanot 8998 30 Kislev 12758
Chag HaBanot 8999 30 Kislev 12759
Chag HaBanot 9000 30 Kislev 12760
Chag HaBanot 9001 30 Kislev 12761
Chag HaBanot 9002 30 Kislev 12762

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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