Chag HaBanot 7270 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11030

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11030 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 7267 30 Kislev 11027
Chag HaBanot 7268 1 Tevet 11028
Chag HaBanot 7269 30 Kislev 11029
Chag HaBanot 7270 30 Kislev 11030
Chag HaBanot 7270 30 Kislev 11031
Chag HaBanot 7272 30 Kislev 11032
Chag HaBanot 7273 30 Kislev 11033
Chag HaBanot 7273 1 Tevet 11034

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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