Chag HaBanot 7362 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11122

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11122 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 7359 1 Tevet 11119
Chag HaBanot 7360 30 Kislev 11120
Chag HaBanot 7360 30 Kislev 11121
Chag HaBanot 7362 30 Kislev 11122
Chag HaBanot 7363 1 Tevet 11123
Chag HaBanot 7364 30 Kislev 11124
Chag HaBanot 7365 30 Kislev 11125
Chag HaBanot 7366 30 Kislev 11126

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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