Chag HaBanot 7229 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10989

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10989 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 7226 30 Kislev 10986
Chag HaBanot 7227 1 Tevet 10987
Chag HaBanot 7227 30 Kislev 10988
Chag HaBanot 7229 30 Kislev 10989
Chag HaBanot 7230 1 Tevet 10990
Chag HaBanot 7231 30 Kislev 10991
Chag HaBanot 7232 30 Kislev 10992
Chag HaBanot 7232 30 Kislev 10993

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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