Chag HaBanot 6477 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10237

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10237 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 6474 30 Kislev 10234
Chag HaBanot 6475 30 Kislev 10235
Chag HaBanot 6475 30 Kislev 10236
Chag HaBanot 6477 30 Kislev 10237
Chag HaBanot 6478 30 Kislev 10238
Chag HaBanot 6478 1 Tevet 10239
Chag HaBanot 6480 30 Kislev 10240
Chag HaBanot 6480 1 Tevet 10241

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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