Chag HaBanot 6730 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10490

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10490 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 6727 30 Kislev 10487
Chag HaBanot 6728 1 Tevet 10488
Chag HaBanot 6729 30 Kislev 10489
Chag HaBanot 6730 30 Kislev 10490
Chag HaBanot 6730 30 Kislev 10491
Chag HaBanot 6732 30 Kislev 10492
Chag HaBanot 6733 1 Tevet 10493
Chag HaBanot 6733 30 Kislev 10494

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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