Chag HaBanot 7474 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11234

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11234 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 7471 30 Kislev 11231
Chag HaBanot 7472 30 Kislev 11232
Chag HaBanot 7473 30 Kislev 11233
Chag HaBanot 7474 1 Tevet 11234
Chag HaBanot 7474 30 Kislev 11235
Chag HaBanot 7476 30 Kislev 11236
Chag HaBanot 7477 1 Tevet 11237
Chag HaBanot 7478 30 Kislev 11238

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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