Chag HaBanot 7739 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11499

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11499 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 7736 30 Kislev 11496
Chag HaBanot 7737 30 Kislev 11497
Chag HaBanot 7738 30 Kislev 11498
Chag HaBanot 7739 30 Kislev 11499
Chag HaBanot 7740 30 Kislev 11500
Chag HaBanot 7740 1 Tevet 11501
Chag HaBanot 7742 30 Kislev 11502
Chag HaBanot 7743 1 Tevet 11503

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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