Chag HaBanot 3374 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7134

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7134 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 3371 30 Kislev 7132
Chag HaBanot 3372 1 Tevet 7133
Chag HaBanot 3374 30 Kislev 7134
Chag HaBanot 3374 30 Kislev 7135
Chag HaBanot 3375 30 Kislev 7136
Chag HaBanot 3377 1 Tevet 7137
Chag HaBanot 3377 30 Kislev 7138
Chag HaBanot 3378 30 Kislev 7139

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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