Chag HaBanot 5872 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9632

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9632 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 5869 30 Kislev 9629
Chag HaBanot 5869 1 Tevet 9630
Chag HaBanot 5870 30 Kislev 9631
Chag HaBanot 5872 30 Kislev 9632
Chag HaBanot 5872 30 Kislev 9633
Chag HaBanot 5874 1 Tevet 9634
Chag HaBanot 5875 30 Kislev 9635
Chag HaBanot 5875 30 Kislev 9636

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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