Chag HaBanot 5321 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9081

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9081 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 5318 30 Kislev 9078
Chag HaBanot 5318 30 Kislev 9079
Chag HaBanot 5319 30 Kislev 9080
Chag HaBanot 5321 30 Kislev 9081
Chag HaBanot 5321 1 Tevet 9082
Chag HaBanot 5323 30 Kislev 9083
Chag HaBanot 5324 30 Kislev 9084
Chag HaBanot 5324 1 Tevet 9085

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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