Chag HaBanot 3401 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7162

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7162 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 3398 30 Kislev 7159
Chag HaBanot 3399 30 Kislev 7160
Chag HaBanot 3400 1 Tevet 7161
Chag HaBanot 3401 30 Kislev 7162
Chag HaBanot 3402 30 Kislev 7163
Chag HaBanot 3404 1 Tevet 7164
Chag HaBanot 3404 30 Kislev 7165
Chag HaBanot 3405 30 Kislev 7166

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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