Chag HaBanot 5977 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9737

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9737 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 5975 30 Kislev 9735
Chag HaBanot 5975 1 Tevet 9736
Chag HaBanot 5977 30 Kislev 9737
Chag HaBanot 5978 30 Kislev 9738
Chag HaBanot 5978 1 Tevet 9739
Chag HaBanot 5980 30 Kislev 9740
Chag HaBanot 5981 30 Kislev 9741
Chag HaBanot 5981 30 Kislev 9742

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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