Chag HaBanot 3671 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7432

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7432 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 3668 30 Kislev 7429
Chag HaBanot 3670 30 Kislev 7430
Chag HaBanot 3670 1 Tevet 7431
Chag HaBanot 3671 30 Kislev 7432
Chag HaBanot 3673 30 Kislev 7433
Chag HaBanot 3673 30 Kislev 7434
Chag HaBanot 3674 1 Tevet 7435
Chag HaBanot 3675 30 Kislev 7436

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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