Chag HaBanot 3733 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7494

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7494 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 3730 30 Kislev 7490
Chag HaBanot 3730 30 Kislev 7491
Chag HaBanot 3731 30 Kislev 7492
Chag HaBanot 3732 1 Tevet 7493
Chag HaBanot 3733 30 Kislev 7494
Chag HaBanot 3735 30 Kislev 7495
Chag HaBanot 3735 30 Kislev 7496
Chag HaBanot 3736 1 Tevet 7497

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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