Chag HaBanot 9195 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12955

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12955 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 9192 30 Kislev 12952
Chag HaBanot 9193 1 Tevet 12953
Chag HaBanot 9194 30 Kislev 12954
Chag HaBanot 9195 30 Kislev 12955
Chag HaBanot 9196 30 Kislev 12956
Chag HaBanot 9197 1 Tevet 12957
Chag HaBanot 9198 30 Kislev 12958
Chag HaBanot 9199 30 Kislev 12959

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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