Chag HaBanot 9678 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13438

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13438 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 9675 30 Kislev 13435
Chag HaBanot 9676 1 Tevet 13436
Chag HaBanot 9677 30 Kislev 13437
Chag HaBanot 9678 30 Kislev 13438
Chag HaBanot 9679 30 Kislev 13439
Chag HaBanot 9680 1 Tevet 13440
Chag HaBanot 9681 30 Kislev 13441
Chag HaBanot 9682 30 Kislev 13442

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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