Chag HaBanot 9441 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13201

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13201 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 9438 30 Kislev 13198
Chag HaBanot 9439 30 Kislev 13199
Chag HaBanot 9440 1 Tevet 13200
Chag HaBanot 9441 30 Kislev 13201
Chag HaBanot 9442 30 Kislev 13202
Chag HaBanot 9443 30 Kislev 13203
Chag HaBanot 9444 1 Tevet 13204
Chag HaBanot 9445 30 Kislev 13205

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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