Chag HaBanot 3176 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6936

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6936 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 3173 30 Kislev 6934
Chag HaBanot 3174 30 Kislev 6935
Chag HaBanot 3176 30 Kislev 6936
Chag HaBanot 3176 1 Tevet 6937
Chag HaBanot 3177 30 Kislev 6938
Chag HaBanot 3178 30 Kislev 6939
Chag HaBanot 3179 30 Kislev 6940
Chag HaBanot 3180 1 Tevet 6941

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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