Chag HaBanot 6312 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10072

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10072 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 6309 30 Kislev 10069
Chag HaBanot 6309 1 Tevet 10070
Chag HaBanot 6311 30 Kislev 10071
Chag HaBanot 6312 30 Kislev 10072
Chag HaBanot 6312 1 Tevet 10073
Chag HaBanot 6314 30 Kislev 10074
Chag HaBanot 6315 30 Kislev 10075
Chag HaBanot 6315 30 Kislev 10076

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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