Chag HaBanot 7897 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11657

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11657 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 7894 30 Kislev 11654
Chag HaBanot 7895 30 Kislev 11655
Chag HaBanot 7896 30 Kislev 11656
Chag HaBanot 7897 1 Tevet 11657
Chag HaBanot 7898 30 Kislev 11658
Chag HaBanot 7899 30 Kislev 11659
Chag HaBanot 7900 30 Kislev 11660
Chag HaBanot 7901 1 Tevet 11661

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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