Chag HaBanot 9552 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13312

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13312 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 9549 30 Kislev 13309
Chag HaBanot 9550 30 Kislev 13310
Chag HaBanot 9551 1 Tevet 13311
Chag HaBanot 9552 30 Kislev 13312
Chag HaBanot 9553 30 Kislev 13313
Chag HaBanot 9554 1 Tevet 13314
Chag HaBanot 9555 30 Kislev 13315
Chag HaBanot 9556 30 Kislev 13316

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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