Chag HaBanot 9584 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13344

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13344 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 9581 30 Kislev 13341
Chag HaBanot 9582 1 Tevet 13342
Chag HaBanot 9583 30 Kislev 13343
Chag HaBanot 9584 30 Kislev 13344
Chag HaBanot 9585 30 Kislev 13345
Chag HaBanot 9586 1 Tevet 13346
Chag HaBanot 9587 30 Kislev 13347
Chag HaBanot 9588 30 Kislev 13348

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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