Chag HaBanot 2191 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5952

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5952 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 2188 30 Kislev 5949
Chag HaBanot 2189 1 Tevet 5950
Chag HaBanot 2190 30 Kislev 5951
Chag HaBanot 2191 30 Kislev 5952
Chag HaBanot 2192 1 Tevet 5953
Chag HaBanot 2193 30 Kislev 5954
Chag HaBanot 2194 30 Kislev 5955

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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