Chag HaBanot 3162 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6923

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6923 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 3160 30 Kislev 6920
Chag HaBanot 3160 1 Tevet 6921
Chag HaBanot 3161 30 Kislev 6922
Chag HaBanot 3162 30 Kislev 6923
Chag HaBanot 3163 30 Kislev 6924
Chag HaBanot 3165 1 Tevet 6925
Chag HaBanot 3165 30 Kislev 6926
Chag HaBanot 3166 30 Kislev 6927

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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