Chag HaBanot 9370 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13130

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13130 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 9367 30 Kislev 13127
Chag HaBanot 9368 30 Kislev 13128
Chag HaBanot 9369 1 Tevet 13129
Chag HaBanot 9370 30 Kislev 13130
Chag HaBanot 9371 30 Kislev 13131
Chag HaBanot 9372 30 Kislev 13132
Chag HaBanot 9373 30 Kislev 13133
Chag HaBanot 9374 30 Kislev 13134

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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