Chag HaBanot 9710 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13470

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13470 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 9707 1 Tevet 13467
Chag HaBanot 9708 30 Kislev 13468
Chag HaBanot 9709 30 Kislev 13469
Chag HaBanot 9710 30 Kislev 13470
Chag HaBanot 9711 1 Tevet 13471
Chag HaBanot 9712 30 Kislev 13472
Chag HaBanot 9713 30 Kislev 13473
Chag HaBanot 9714 30 Kislev 13474

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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