Chag HaBanot 5209 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8969

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8969 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 5207 30 Kislev 8967
Chag HaBanot 5207 1 Tevet 8968
Chag HaBanot 5209 30 Kislev 8969
Chag HaBanot 5210 30 Kislev 8970
Chag HaBanot 5210 1 Tevet 8971
Chag HaBanot 5212 30 Kislev 8972
Chag HaBanot 5212 30 Kislev 8973
Chag HaBanot 5213 30 Kislev 8974

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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