Chag HaBanot 9544 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13304

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13304 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 9541 30 Kislev 13301
Chag HaBanot 9542 1 Tevet 13302
Chag HaBanot 9543 30 Kislev 13303
Chag HaBanot 9544 30 Kislev 13304
Chag HaBanot 9545 30 Kislev 13305
Chag HaBanot 9546 1 Tevet 13306
Chag HaBanot 9547 30 Kislev 13307
Chag HaBanot 9548 30 Kislev 13308

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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