Chag HaBanot 3537 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7297

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7297 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 3534 30 Kislev 7295
Chag HaBanot 3535 30 Kislev 7296
Chag HaBanot 3537 30 Kislev 7297
Chag HaBanot 3537 30 Kislev 7298
Chag HaBanot 3538 1 Tevet 7299
Chag HaBanot 3540 30 Kislev 7300
Chag HaBanot 3540 30 Kislev 7301
Chag HaBanot 3541 1 Tevet 7302

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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