Chag HaBanot 7479 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11239

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11239 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 7476 30 Kislev 11236
Chag HaBanot 7477 1 Tevet 11237
Chag HaBanot 7478 30 Kislev 11238
Chag HaBanot 7479 30 Kislev 11239
Chag HaBanot 7480 30 Kislev 11240
Chag HaBanot 7481 1 Tevet 11241
Chag HaBanot 7482 30 Kislev 11242
Chag HaBanot 7482 30 Kislev 11243

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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