Chag HaBanot 7661 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11421

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11421 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 7658 30 Kislev 11418
Chag HaBanot 7659 30 Kislev 11419
Chag HaBanot 7660 30 Kislev 11420
Chag HaBanot 7661 1 Tevet 11421
Chag HaBanot 7661 30 Kislev 11422
Chag HaBanot 7663 30 Kislev 11423
Chag HaBanot 7664 30 Kislev 11424
Chag HaBanot 7664 1 Tevet 11425

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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