Chag HaBanot 7650 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11410

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11410 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 7647 30 Kislev 11407
Chag HaBanot 7648 30 Kislev 11408
Chag HaBanot 7649 30 Kislev 11409
Chag HaBanot 7650 1 Tevet 11410
Chag HaBanot 7651 30 Kislev 11411
Chag HaBanot 7652 30 Kislev 11412
Chag HaBanot 7653 30 Kislev 11413
Chag HaBanot 7653 1 Tevet 11414

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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