Chag HaBanot 8955 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12715

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12715 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 8952 30 Kislev 12712
Chag HaBanot 8953 30 Kislev 12713
Chag HaBanot 8954 1 Tevet 12714
Chag HaBanot 8955 30 Kislev 12715
Chag HaBanot 8956 30 Kislev 12716
Chag HaBanot 8957 30 Kislev 12717
Chag HaBanot 8958 30 Kislev 12718
Chag HaBanot 8959 1 Tevet 12719

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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