Chag HaBanot 3312 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7072

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7072 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 3309 30 Kislev 7069
Chag HaBanot 3309 1 Tevet 7070
Chag HaBanot 3310 30 Kislev 7071
Chag HaBanot 3312 30 Kislev 7072
Chag HaBanot 3312 30 Kislev 7073
Chag HaBanot 3313 1 Tevet 7074
Chag HaBanot 3314 30 Kislev 7075
Chag HaBanot 3315 30 Kislev 7076

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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