Chag HaBanot 5573 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9333

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9333 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 5570 30 Kislev 9330
Chag HaBanot 5571 30 Kislev 9331
Chag HaBanot 5571 1 Tevet 9332
Chag HaBanot 5573 30 Kislev 9333
Chag HaBanot 5573 30 Kislev 9334
Chag HaBanot 5574 30 Kislev 9335
Chag HaBanot 5576 1 Tevet 9336
Chag HaBanot 5576 30 Kislev 9337

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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