Chag HaBanot 6471 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10231

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10231 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 6469 30 Kislev 10229
Chag HaBanot 6469 1 Tevet 10230
Chag HaBanot 6471 30 Kislev 10231
Chag HaBanot 6472 30 Kislev 10232
Chag HaBanot 6472 1 Tevet 10233
Chag HaBanot 6474 30 Kislev 10234
Chag HaBanot 6475 30 Kislev 10235
Chag HaBanot 6475 30 Kislev 10236

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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