Chag HaBanot 5671 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9431

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9431 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 5668 30 Kislev 9428
Chag HaBanot 5668 30 Kislev 9429
Chag HaBanot 5669 1 Tevet 9430
Chag HaBanot 5671 30 Kislev 9431
Chag HaBanot 5671 30 Kislev 9432
Chag HaBanot 5673 30 Kislev 9433
Chag HaBanot 5674 1 Tevet 9434
Chag HaBanot 5674 30 Kislev 9435

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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