Chag HaBanot 9556 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13316

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13316 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 9553 30 Kislev 13313
Chag HaBanot 9554 1 Tevet 13314
Chag HaBanot 9555 30 Kislev 13315
Chag HaBanot 9556 30 Kislev 13316
Chag HaBanot 9557 30 Kislev 13317
Chag HaBanot 9558 1 Tevet 13318
Chag HaBanot 9559 30 Kislev 13319
Chag HaBanot 9560 30 Kislev 13320

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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