Chag HaBanot 3428 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7189

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7189 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 3426 30 Kislev 7186
Chag HaBanot 3426 30 Kislev 7187
Chag HaBanot 3427 1 Tevet 7188
Chag HaBanot 3428 30 Kislev 7189
Chag HaBanot 3429 30 Kislev 7190
Chag HaBanot 3431 30 Kislev 7191
Chag HaBanot 3431 1 Tevet 7192
Chag HaBanot 3432 30 Kislev 7193

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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