Chag HaBanot 3836 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7596

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7596 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 3833 30 Kislev 7593
Chag HaBanot 3833 30 Kislev 7594
Chag HaBanot 3834 1 Tevet 7595
Chag HaBanot 3836 30 Kislev 7596
Chag HaBanot 3836 30 Kislev 7597
Chag HaBanot 3837 30 Kislev 7598
Chag HaBanot 3838 30 Kislev 7599
Chag HaBanot 3839 1 Tevet 7600

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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