Chag HaBanot 2150 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5911

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5911 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 2147 30 Kislev 5908
Chag HaBanot 2148 1 Tevet 5909
Chag HaBanot 2149 30 Kislev 5910
Chag HaBanot 2150 30 Kislev 5911
Chag HaBanot 2151 30 Kislev 5912
Chag HaBanot 2152 30 Kislev 5913
Chag HaBanot 2153 30 Kislev 5914
Chag HaBanot 2154 1 Tevet 5915

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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