Chag HaBanot 9104 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12864

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12864 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 9101 1 Tevet 12861
Chag HaBanot 9102 30 Kislev 12862
Chag HaBanot 9103 1 Tevet 12863
Chag HaBanot 9104 30 Kislev 12864
Chag HaBanot 9105 30 Kislev 12865
Chag HaBanot 9106 30 Kislev 12866
Chag HaBanot 9107 30 Kislev 12867
Chag HaBanot 9108 1 Tevet 12868

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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