Chag HaBanot 2175 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5936

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5936 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 2172 1 Tevet 5933
Chag HaBanot 2173 30 Kislev 5934
Chag HaBanot 2174 30 Kislev 5935
Chag HaBanot 2175 30 Kislev 5936
Chag HaBanot 2176 1 Tevet 5937
Chag HaBanot 2177 30 Kislev 5938
Chag HaBanot 2178 30 Kislev 5939
Chag HaBanot 2179 30 Kislev 5940

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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