Chag HaBanot 9154 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12914

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12914 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 9151 30 Kislev 12911
Chag HaBanot 9152 30 Kislev 12912
Chag HaBanot 9153 30 Kislev 12913
Chag HaBanot 9154 30 Kislev 12914
Chag HaBanot 9155 1 Tevet 12915
Chag HaBanot 9156 30 Kislev 12916
Chag HaBanot 9157 30 Kislev 12917
Chag HaBanot 9158 30 Kislev 12918

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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