Chag HaBanot 9794 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13554

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13554 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 9791 30 Kislev 13551
Chag HaBanot 9792 30 Kislev 13552
Chag HaBanot 9793 1 Tevet 13553
Chag HaBanot 9794 30 Kislev 13554
Chag HaBanot 9795 30 Kislev 13555
Chag HaBanot 9796 30 Kislev 13556
Chag HaBanot 9797 30 Kislev 13557
Chag HaBanot 9798 1 Tevet 13558

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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