Chag HaBanot 3109 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6870

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6870 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 3106 1 Tevet 6867
Chag HaBanot 3108 30 Kislev 6868
Chag HaBanot 3108 30 Kislev 6869
Chag HaBanot 3109 1 Tevet 6870
Chag HaBanot 3111 30 Kislev 6871
Chag HaBanot 3111 30 Kislev 6872
Chag HaBanot 3112 30 Kislev 6873
Chag HaBanot 3113 1 Tevet 6874

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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