Chag HaBanot 3418 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7179

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7179 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 3415 30 Kislev 7175
Chag HaBanot 3415 30 Kislev 7176
Chag HaBanot 3416 1 Tevet 7177
Chag HaBanot 3417 30 Kislev 7178
Chag HaBanot 3418 30 Kislev 7179
Chag HaBanot 3419 1 Tevet 7180
Chag HaBanot 3420 30 Kislev 7181
Chag HaBanot 3421 30 Kislev 7182

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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