Chag HaBanot 3543 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7304

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7304 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 3540 30 Kislev 7300
Chag HaBanot 3540 30 Kislev 7301
Chag HaBanot 3541 1 Tevet 7302
Chag HaBanot 3542 30 Kislev 7303
Chag HaBanot 3543 30 Kislev 7304
Chag HaBanot 3545 30 Kislev 7305
Chag HaBanot 3545 1 Tevet 7306
Chag HaBanot 3546 30 Kislev 7307

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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