Chag HaBanot 7297 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11057

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11057 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 7294 30 Kislev 11054
Chag HaBanot 7295 30 Kislev 11055
Chag HaBanot 7295 1 Tevet 11056
Chag HaBanot 7297 30 Kislev 11057
Chag HaBanot 7298 30 Kislev 11058
Chag HaBanot 7299 30 Kislev 11059
Chag HaBanot 7300 30 Kislev 11060
Chag HaBanot 7300 1 Tevet 11061

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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