Chag HaBanot 5503 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9263

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9263 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 5500 30 Kislev 9260
Chag HaBanot 5500 1 Tevet 9261
Chag HaBanot 5502 30 Kislev 9262
Chag HaBanot 5503 30 Kislev 9263
Chag HaBanot 5503 30 Kislev 9264
Chag HaBanot 5505 1 Tevet 9265
Chag HaBanot 5506 30 Kislev 9266
Chag HaBanot 5506 30 Kislev 9267

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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