Chag HaBanot 6209 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9969

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9969 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 6206 30 Kislev 9966
Chag HaBanot 6206 1 Tevet 9967
Chag HaBanot 6208 30 Kislev 9968
Chag HaBanot 6209 30 Kislev 9969
Chag HaBanot 6209 1 Tevet 9970
Chag HaBanot 6211 30 Kislev 9971
Chag HaBanot 6212 30 Kislev 9972
Chag HaBanot 6212 30 Kislev 9973

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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