Chag HaBanot 5403 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9164

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9164 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 5400 1 Tevet 9160
Chag HaBanot 5400 30 Kislev 9161
Chag HaBanot 5402 30 Kislev 9162
Chag HaBanot 5402 30 Kislev 9163
Chag HaBanot 5403 1 Tevet 9164
Chag HaBanot 5405 30 Kislev 9165
Chag HaBanot 5405 30 Kislev 9166
Chag HaBanot 5407 1 Tevet 9167

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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