Chag HaBanot 3132 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6893

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6893 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 3130 1 Tevet 6890
Chag HaBanot 3130 30 Kislev 6891
Chag HaBanot 3131 30 Kislev 6892
Chag HaBanot 3132 30 Kislev 6893
Chag HaBanot 3133 1 Tevet 6894
Chag HaBanot 3134 30 Kislev 6895
Chag HaBanot 3135 30 Kislev 6896
Chag HaBanot 3136 1 Tevet 6897

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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