Chag HaBanot 2372 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6133

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6133 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 2369 30 Kislev 6130
Chag HaBanot 2370 30 Kislev 6131
Chag HaBanot 2371 30 Kislev 6132
Chag HaBanot 2372 30 Kislev 6133
Chag HaBanot 2373 30 Kislev 6134
Chag HaBanot 2374 1 Tevet 6135
Chag HaBanot 2375 30 Kislev 6136
Chag HaBanot 2376 1 Tevet 6137

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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