Chag HaBanot 3233 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6993

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6993 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 3230 30 Kislev 6991
Chag HaBanot 3231 1 Tevet 6992
Chag HaBanot 3233 30 Kislev 6993
Chag HaBanot 3233 30 Kislev 6994
Chag HaBanot 3234 1 Tevet 6995
Chag HaBanot 3235 30 Kislev 6996
Chag HaBanot 3236 30 Kislev 6997
Chag HaBanot 3237 30 Kislev 6998

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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