Chag HaBanot 9289 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13049

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13049 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 9286 30 Kislev 13046
Chag HaBanot 9287 30 Kislev 13047
Chag HaBanot 9288 1 Tevet 13048
Chag HaBanot 9289 30 Kislev 13049
Chag HaBanot 9290 30 Kislev 13050
Chag HaBanot 9291 1 Tevet 13051
Chag HaBanot 9292 30 Kislev 13052
Chag HaBanot 9293 30 Kislev 13053

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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