Chag HaBanot 3674 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7435

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7435 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 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
Chag HaBanot 3676 30 Kislev 7437
Chag HaBanot 3678 30 Kislev 7438
Chag HaBanot 3678 1 Tevet 7439

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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