Chag HaBanot 9169 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12929

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12929 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 9166 1 Tevet 12926
Chag HaBanot 9167 30 Kislev 12927
Chag HaBanot 9168 30 Kislev 12928
Chag HaBanot 9169 30 Kislev 12929
Chag HaBanot 9170 1 Tevet 12930
Chag HaBanot 9171 30 Kislev 12931
Chag HaBanot 9172 30 Kislev 12932
Chag HaBanot 9173 30 Kislev 12933

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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