Chag HaBanot 5863 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9623

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9623 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 5861 30 Kislev 9621
Chag HaBanot 5861 1 Tevet 9622
Chag HaBanot 5863 30 Kislev 9623
Chag HaBanot 5864 30 Kislev 9624
Chag HaBanot 5864 1 Tevet 9625
Chag HaBanot 5866 30 Kislev 9626
Chag HaBanot 5867 30 Kislev 9627
Chag HaBanot 5867 30 Kislev 9628

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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