Chag HaBanot 9340 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13100

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13100 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 9337 30 Kislev 13097
Chag HaBanot 9338 30 Kislev 13098
Chag HaBanot 9339 1 Tevet 13099
Chag HaBanot 9340 30 Kislev 13100
Chag HaBanot 9341 30 Kislev 13101
Chag HaBanot 9342 1 Tevet 13102
Chag HaBanot 9343 30 Kislev 13103
Chag HaBanot 9344 30 Kislev 13104

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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