Chag HaBanot 9078 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12838

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12838 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 9075 30 Kislev 12835
Chag HaBanot 9076 1 Tevet 12836
Chag HaBanot 9077 30 Kislev 12837
Chag HaBanot 9078 30 Kislev 12838
Chag HaBanot 9079 30 Kislev 12839
Chag HaBanot 9080 30 Kislev 12840
Chag HaBanot 9081 1 Tevet 12841
Chag HaBanot 9082 30 Kislev 12842

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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