Chag HaBanot 9431 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13191

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13191 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 9428 30 Kislev 13188
Chag HaBanot 9429 1 Tevet 13189
Chag HaBanot 9430 30 Kislev 13190
Chag HaBanot 9431 30 Kislev 13191
Chag HaBanot 9432 30 Kislev 13192
Chag HaBanot 9433 1 Tevet 13193
Chag HaBanot 9434 30 Kislev 13194
Chag HaBanot 9435 30 Kislev 13195

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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