Chag HaBanot 9721 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13481

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13481 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 9718 30 Kislev 13478
Chag HaBanot 9719 1 Tevet 13479
Chag HaBanot 9720 30 Kislev 13480
Chag HaBanot 9721 30 Kislev 13481
Chag HaBanot 9722 1 Tevet 13482
Chag HaBanot 9723 30 Kislev 13483
Chag HaBanot 9724 30 Kislev 13484
Chag HaBanot 9725 30 Kislev 13485

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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