Chag HaBanot 3457 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7218

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7218 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 3454 1 Tevet 7215
Chag HaBanot 3455 30 Kislev 7216
Chag HaBanot 3456 30 Kislev 7217
Chag HaBanot 3457 30 Kislev 7218
Chag HaBanot 3458 1 Tevet 7219
Chag HaBanot 3459 30 Kislev 7220
Chag HaBanot 3461 30 Kislev 7221
Chag HaBanot 3461 30 Kislev 7222

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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