Chag HaBanot 6436 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10196

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10196 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 6433 30 Kislev 10193
Chag HaBanot 6434 30 Kislev 10194
Chag HaBanot 6434 1 Tevet 10195
Chag HaBanot 6436 30 Kislev 10196
Chag HaBanot 6437 30 Kislev 10197
Chag HaBanot 6437 1 Tevet 10198
Chag HaBanot 6439 30 Kislev 10199
Chag HaBanot 6440 30 Kislev 10200
Chag HaBanot 6440 30 Kislev 10201

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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