Chag HaBanot 5411 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9171

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9171 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 5408 30 Kislev 9168
Chag HaBanot 5408 30 Kislev 9169
Chag HaBanot 5410 30 Kislev 9170
Chag HaBanot 5411 1 Tevet 9171
Chag HaBanot 5411 30 Kislev 9172
Chag HaBanot 5413 30 Kislev 9173
Chag HaBanot 5413 30 Kislev 9174
Chag HaBanot 5414 1 Tevet 9175

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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