Chag HaBanot 3394 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7155

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7155 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 3391 1 Tevet 7152
Chag HaBanot 3393 30 Kislev 7153
Chag HaBanot 3393 30 Kislev 7154
Chag HaBanot 3394 30 Kislev 7155
Chag HaBanot 3396 30 Kislev 7156
Chag HaBanot 3396 1 Tevet 7157
Chag HaBanot 3397 30 Kislev 7158
Chag HaBanot 3398 30 Kislev 7159

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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