Chag HaBanot 5456 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9216

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9216 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 5454 30 Kislev 9214
Chag HaBanot 5454 1 Tevet 9215
Chag HaBanot 5456 30 Kislev 9216
Chag HaBanot 5457 30 Kislev 9217
Chag HaBanot 5457 1 Tevet 9218
Chag HaBanot 5459 30 Kislev 9219
Chag HaBanot 5459 30 Kislev 9220
Chag HaBanot 5460 30 Kislev 9221

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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