Chag HaBanot 5274 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9034

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9034 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 5272 30 Kislev 9032
Chag HaBanot 5272 1 Tevet 9033
Chag HaBanot 5274 30 Kislev 9034
Chag HaBanot 5275 30 Kislev 9035
Chag HaBanot 5275 30 Kislev 9036
Chag HaBanot 5277 30 Kislev 9037
Chag HaBanot 5277 1 Tevet 9038
Chag HaBanot 5278 30 Kislev 9039

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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