Chag HaBanot 9538 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13298

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13298 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 9535 1 Tevet 13295
Chag HaBanot 9536 30 Kislev 13296
Chag HaBanot 9537 30 Kislev 13297
Chag HaBanot 9538 1 Tevet 13298
Chag HaBanot 9539 30 Kislev 13299
Chag HaBanot 9540 30 Kislev 13300
Chag HaBanot 9541 30 Kislev 13301
Chag HaBanot 9542 1 Tevet 13302

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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