Chag HaBanot 5234 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8994

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8994 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 5231 1 Tevet 8991
Chag HaBanot 5231 30 Kislev 8992
Chag HaBanot 5232 30 Kislev 8993
Chag HaBanot 5234 30 Kislev 8994
Chag HaBanot 5234 1 Tevet 8995
Chag HaBanot 5236 30 Kislev 8996
Chag HaBanot 5237 30 Kislev 8997
Chag HaBanot 5237 1 Tevet 8998

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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