Chag HaBanot 3280 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7041

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7041 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 3277 30 Kislev 7038
Chag HaBanot 3279 1 Tevet 7039
Chag HaBanot 3279 30 Kislev 7040
Chag HaBanot 3280 30 Kislev 7041
Chag HaBanot 3282 30 Kislev 7042
Chag HaBanot 3282 1 Tevet 7043
Chag HaBanot 3283 30 Kislev 7044
Chag HaBanot 3284 30 Kislev 7045

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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