Chag HaBanot 2472 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6233

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6233 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 2469 30 Kislev 6230
Chag HaBanot 2470 1 Tevet 6231
Chag HaBanot 2471 30 Kislev 6232
Chag HaBanot 2472 30 Kislev 6233
Chag HaBanot 2473 30 Kislev 6234
Chag HaBanot 2474 1 Tevet 6235
Chag HaBanot 2475 30 Kislev 6236
Chag HaBanot 2476 30 Kislev 6237

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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