Chag HaBanot 6217 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9977

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9977 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 6214 30 Kislev 9974
Chag HaBanot 6214 1 Tevet 9975
Chag HaBanot 6216 30 Kislev 9976
Chag HaBanot 6217 30 Kislev 9977
Chag HaBanot 6217 30 Kislev 9978
Chag HaBanot 6219 1 Tevet 9979
Chag HaBanot 6220 30 Kislev 9980
Chag HaBanot 6220 30 Kislev 9981

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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