Chag HaBanot 3334 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7095

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7095 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 3330 30 Kislev 7091
Chag HaBanot 3331 30 Kislev 7092
Chag HaBanot 3332 1 Tevet 7093
Chag HaBanot 3333 30 Kislev 7094
Chag HaBanot 3334 30 Kislev 7095
Chag HaBanot 3336 30 Kislev 7096
Chag HaBanot 3336 1 Tevet 7097
Chag HaBanot 3337 30 Kislev 7098

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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