Chag HaBanot 3872 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7633

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7633 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 3869 30 Kislev 7630
Chag HaBanot 3871 1 Tevet 7631
Chag HaBanot 3871 30 Kislev 7632
Chag HaBanot 3872 30 Kislev 7633
Chag HaBanot 3874 30 Kislev 7634
Chag HaBanot 3874 1 Tevet 7635
Chag HaBanot 3875 30 Kislev 7636
Chag HaBanot 3876 30 Kislev 7637

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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