Chag HaBanot 9301 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13061

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13061 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 9298 30 Kislev 13058
Chag HaBanot 9299 1 Tevet 13059
Chag HaBanot 9300 30 Kislev 13060
Chag HaBanot 9301 30 Kislev 13061
Chag HaBanot 9302 30 Kislev 13062
Chag HaBanot 9303 30 Kislev 13063
Chag HaBanot 9304 1 Tevet 13064
Chag HaBanot 9305 30 Kislev 13065

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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