Chag HaBanot 3355 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7115

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7115 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 3352 30 Kislev 7113
Chag HaBanot 3353 1 Tevet 7114
Chag HaBanot 3355 30 Kislev 7115
Chag HaBanot 3355 30 Kislev 7116
Chag HaBanot 3356 1 Tevet 7117
Chag HaBanot 3358 30 Kislev 7118
Chag HaBanot 3358 30 Kislev 7119
Chag HaBanot 3359 30 Kislev 7120

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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