Chag HaBanot 3944 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7704

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7704 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 3942 1 Tevet 7702
Chag HaBanot 3942 30 Kislev 7703
Chag HaBanot 3944 30 Kislev 7704
Chag HaBanot 3944 30 Kislev 7705
Chag HaBanot 3945 1 Tevet 7706
Chag HaBanot 3947 30 Kislev 7707
Chag HaBanot 3947 30 Kislev 7708
Chag HaBanot 3948 1 Tevet 7709

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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