Chag HaBanot 3856 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7617

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7617 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 3853 30 Kislev 7614
Chag HaBanot 3855 1 Tevet 7615
Chag HaBanot 3855 30 Kislev 7616
Chag HaBanot 3856 30 Kislev 7617
Chag HaBanot 3857 30 Kislev 7618
Chag HaBanot 3858 1 Tevet 7619
Chag HaBanot 3860 30 Kislev 7620
Chag HaBanot 3860 30 Kislev 7621

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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