Chag HaBanot 9282 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13042

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13042 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 9279 30 Kislev 13039
Chag HaBanot 9280 1 Tevet 13040
Chag HaBanot 9281 30 Kislev 13041
Chag HaBanot 9282 30 Kislev 13042
Chag HaBanot 9283 30 Kislev 13043
Chag HaBanot 9284 1 Tevet 13044
Chag HaBanot 9285 30 Kislev 13045
Chag HaBanot 9286 30 Kislev 13046

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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