Chag HaBanot 5438 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9198

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9198 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 5435 30 Kislev 9195
Chag HaBanot 5435 30 Kislev 9196
Chag HaBanot 5437 30 Kislev 9197
Chag HaBanot 5438 1 Tevet 9198
Chag HaBanot 5438 30 Kislev 9199
Chag HaBanot 5440 30 Kislev 9200
Chag HaBanot 5440 30 Kislev 9201
Chag HaBanot 5441 1 Tevet 9202

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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