Chag HaBanot 9898 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13658

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13658 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 9895 30 Kislev 13655
Chag HaBanot 9896 1 Tevet 13656
Chag HaBanot 9897 30 Kislev 13657
Chag HaBanot 9898 30 Kislev 13658
Chag HaBanot 9899 30 Kislev 13659
Chag HaBanot 9900 1 Tevet 13660
Chag HaBanot 9901 30 Kislev 13661
Chag HaBanot 9902 30 Kislev 13662

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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