Chag HaBanot 7153 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10913

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10913 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 7150 30 Kislev 10910
Chag HaBanot 7151 30 Kislev 10911
Chag HaBanot 7151 1 Tevet 10912
Chag HaBanot 7153 30 Kislev 10913
Chag HaBanot 7154 30 Kislev 10914
Chag HaBanot 7155 30 Kislev 10915
Chag HaBanot 7156 1 Tevet 10916
Chag HaBanot 7156 30 Kislev 10917

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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