Chag HaBanot 3408 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7169

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7169 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 3405 30 Kislev 7166
Chag HaBanot 3407 30 Kislev 7167
Chag HaBanot 3407 1 Tevet 7168
Chag HaBanot 3408 30 Kislev 7169
Chag HaBanot 3409 30 Kislev 7170
Chag HaBanot 3410 1 Tevet 7171
Chag HaBanot 3412 30 Kislev 7172
Chag HaBanot 3412 30 Kislev 7173

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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