Chag HaBanot 3503 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7264

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7264 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 3500 30 Kislev 7261
Chag HaBanot 3502 1 Tevet 7262
Chag HaBanot 3502 30 Kislev 7263
Chag HaBanot 3503 30 Kislev 7264
Chag HaBanot 3504 30 Kislev 7265
Chag HaBanot 3505 1 Tevet 7266
Chag HaBanot 3507 30 Kislev 7267
Chag HaBanot 3507 30 Kislev 7268

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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