Chag HaBanot 9131 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12891

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12891 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 9128 1 Tevet 12888
Chag HaBanot 9129 30 Kislev 12889
Chag HaBanot 9130 1 Tevet 12890
Chag HaBanot 9131 30 Kislev 12891
Chag HaBanot 9132 30 Kislev 12892
Chag HaBanot 9133 30 Kislev 12893
Chag HaBanot 9134 30 Kislev 12894
Chag HaBanot 9135 1 Tevet 12895

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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