Chag HaBanot 9815 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13575

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13575 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 9812 30 Kislev 13572
Chag HaBanot 9813 1 Tevet 13573
Chag HaBanot 9814 30 Kislev 13574
Chag HaBanot 9815 30 Kislev 13575
Chag HaBanot 9816 30 Kislev 13576
Chag HaBanot 9817 1 Tevet 13577
Chag HaBanot 9818 30 Kislev 13578
Chag HaBanot 9819 30 Kislev 13579

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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