Chag HaBanot 3993 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7753

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7753 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 3990 30 Kislev 7751
Chag HaBanot 3991 1 Tevet 7752
Chag HaBanot 3993 30 Kislev 7753
Chag HaBanot 3993 30 Kislev 7754
Chag HaBanot 3994 30 Kislev 7755
Chag HaBanot 3996 1 Tevet 7756
Chag HaBanot 3996 30 Kislev 7757
Chag HaBanot 3997 30 Kislev 7758

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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