Chag HaBanot 9164 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12924

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12924 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 9161 30 Kislev 12921
Chag HaBanot 9162 30 Kislev 12922
Chag HaBanot 9163 1 Tevet 12923
Chag HaBanot 9164 30 Kislev 12924
Chag HaBanot 9165 30 Kislev 12925
Chag HaBanot 9166 1 Tevet 12926
Chag HaBanot 9167 30 Kislev 12927
Chag HaBanot 9168 30 Kislev 12928

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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