Chag HaBanot 9410 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13170

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13170 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 9407 30 Kislev 13167
Chag HaBanot 9408 30 Kislev 13168
Chag HaBanot 9409 30 Kislev 13169
Chag HaBanot 9410 1 Tevet 13170
Chag HaBanot 9411 30 Kislev 13171
Chag HaBanot 9412 30 Kislev 13172
Chag HaBanot 9413 1 Tevet 13173
Chag HaBanot 9414 30 Kislev 13174

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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