Chag HaBanot 3591 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7352

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7352 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 3588 30 Kislev 7349
Chag HaBanot 3589 30 Kislev 7350
Chag HaBanot 3590 30 Kislev 7351
Chag HaBanot 3591 30 Kislev 7352
Chag HaBanot 3592 1 Tevet 7353
Chag HaBanot 3594 30 Kislev 7354
Chag HaBanot 3594 30 Kislev 7355
Chag HaBanot 3595 1 Tevet 7356

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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