Chag HaBanot 7097 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10857

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10857 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 7094 30 Kislev 10854
Chag HaBanot 7094 30 Kislev 10855
Chag HaBanot 7096 1 Tevet 10856
Chag HaBanot 7097 30 Kislev 10857
Chag HaBanot 7098 30 Kislev 10858
Chag HaBanot 7099 30 Kislev 10859
Chag HaBanot 7099 1 Tevet 10860
Chag HaBanot 7101 30 Kislev 10861

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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