Chag HaBanot 9998 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13758

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13758 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 9995 30 Kislev 13755
Chag HaBanot 9996 30 Kislev 13756
Chag HaBanot 9997 30 Kislev 13757
Chag HaBanot 9998 1 Tevet 13758
Chag HaBanot 9999 30 Kislev 13759
Chag HaBanot 10000 30 Kislev 13760
Chag HaBanot 10001 30 Kislev 13761
Chag HaBanot 10002 1 Tevet 13762

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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