Chag HaBanot 7050 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10810

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10810 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 7047 30 Kislev 10807
Chag HaBanot 7048 30 Kislev 10808
Chag HaBanot 7048 1 Tevet 10809
Chag HaBanot 7050 30 Kislev 10810
Chag HaBanot 7051 30 Kislev 10811
Chag HaBanot 7052 30 Kislev 10812
Chag HaBanot 7053 30 Kislev 10813
Chag HaBanot 7053 1 Tevet 10814

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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