Chag HaBanot 1909 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5670

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5670 began on and ended 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 1906 30 Kislev 5667
Chag HaBanot 1907 1 Tevet 5668
Chag HaBanot 1908 30 Kislev 5669
Chag HaBanot 1909 1 Tevet 5670
Chag HaBanot 1910 30 Kislev 5671
Chag HaBanot 1911 30 Kislev 5672
Chag HaBanot 1912 30 Kislev 5673
Chag HaBanot 1913 30 Kislev 5674

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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