Chag HaBanot 9014 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12774

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12774 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 9011 30 Kislev 12771
Chag HaBanot 9012 30 Kislev 12772
Chag HaBanot 9013 30 Kislev 12773
Chag HaBanot 9014 1 Tevet 12774
Chag HaBanot 9015 30 Kislev 12775
Chag HaBanot 9016 30 Kislev 12776
Chag HaBanot 9017 1 Tevet 12777
Chag HaBanot 9018 30 Kislev 12778

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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