Chag HaBanot 3361 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7122

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7122 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 3358 30 Kislev 7118
Chag HaBanot 3358 30 Kislev 7119
Chag HaBanot 3359 30 Kislev 7120
Chag HaBanot 3360 1 Tevet 7121
Chag HaBanot 3361 30 Kislev 7122
Chag HaBanot 3362 30 Kislev 7123
Chag HaBanot 3363 30 Kislev 7124
Chag HaBanot 3364 1 Tevet 7125

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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