Chag HaBanot 3195 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6955

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6955 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 3192 30 Kislev 6953
Chag HaBanot 3193 30 Kislev 6954
Chag HaBanot 3195 30 Kislev 6955
Chag HaBanot 3195 30 Kislev 6956
Chag HaBanot 3196 1 Tevet 6957
Chag HaBanot 3197 30 Kislev 6958
Chag HaBanot 3198 30 Kislev 6959
Chag HaBanot 3199 30 Kislev 6960

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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