Chag HaBanot 7189 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10949

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10949 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 7186 30 Kislev 10946
Chag HaBanot 7186 1 Tevet 10947
Chag HaBanot 7188 30 Kislev 10948
Chag HaBanot 7189 30 Kislev 10949
Chag HaBanot 7189 1 Tevet 10950
Chag HaBanot 7191 30 Kislev 10951
Chag HaBanot 7192 30 Kislev 10952
Chag HaBanot 7193 30 Kislev 10953

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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