Chag HaBanot 9321 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13081

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13081 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 9318 30 Kislev 13078
Chag HaBanot 9319 1 Tevet 13079
Chag HaBanot 9320 30 Kislev 13080
Chag HaBanot 9321 30 Kislev 13081
Chag HaBanot 9322 30 Kislev 13082
Chag HaBanot 9323 1 Tevet 13083
Chag HaBanot 9324 30 Kislev 13084
Chag HaBanot 9325 30 Kislev 13085

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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