Chag HaBanot 7534 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11294

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11294 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 7531 30 Kislev 11291
Chag HaBanot 7531 1 Tevet 11292
Chag HaBanot 7533 30 Kislev 11293
Chag HaBanot 7534 30 Kislev 11294
Chag HaBanot 7535 1 Tevet 11295
Chag HaBanot 7536 30 Kislev 11296
Chag HaBanot 7537 30 Kislev 11297
Chag HaBanot 7538 30 Kislev 11298

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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