Chag HaBanot 5475 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9235

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9235 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 5473 30 Kislev 9233
Chag HaBanot 5473 1 Tevet 9234
Chag HaBanot 5475 30 Kislev 9235
Chag HaBanot 5476 30 Kislev 9236
Chag HaBanot 5476 30 Kislev 9237
Chag HaBanot 5478 1 Tevet 9238
Chag HaBanot 5478 30 Kislev 9239
Chag HaBanot 5479 30 Kislev 9240

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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