Chag HaBanot 2070 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5831

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5831 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 2067 1 Tevet 5828
Chag HaBanot 2068 30 Kislev 5829
Chag HaBanot 2069 30 Kislev 5830
Chag HaBanot 2070 1 Tevet 5831
Chag HaBanot 2071 30 Kislev 5832
Chag HaBanot 2072 30 Kislev 5833
Chag HaBanot 2073 30 Kislev 5834
Chag HaBanot 2074 1 Tevet 5835

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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