Chag HaBanot 3298 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7058

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7058 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 3295 30 Kislev 7056
Chag HaBanot 3296 30 Kislev 7057
Chag HaBanot 3298 30 Kislev 7058
Chag HaBanot 3298 1 Tevet 7059
Chag HaBanot 3299 30 Kislev 7060
Chag HaBanot 3301 30 Kislev 7061
Chag HaBanot 3301 30 Kislev 7062
Chag HaBanot 3302 1 Tevet 7063

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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