Chag HaBanot 9822 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13582

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13582 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 9819 30 Kislev 13579
Chag HaBanot 9820 30 Kislev 13580
Chag HaBanot 9821 30 Kislev 13581
Chag HaBanot 9822 1 Tevet 13582
Chag HaBanot 9823 30 Kislev 13583
Chag HaBanot 9824 30 Kislev 13584
Chag HaBanot 9825 1 Tevet 13585
Chag HaBanot 9826 30 Kislev 13586

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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