Chag HaBanot 2972 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6733

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6733 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 2969 30 Kislev 6730
Chag HaBanot 2970 30 Kislev 6731
Chag HaBanot 2971 30 Kislev 6732
Chag HaBanot 2972 30 Kislev 6733
Chag HaBanot 2973 1 Tevet 6734
Chag HaBanot 2975 30 Kislev 6735
Chag HaBanot 2975 30 Kislev 6736
Chag HaBanot 2976 1 Tevet 6737

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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