Chag HaBanot 6637 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10397

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10397 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 6634 30 Kislev 10394
Chag HaBanot 6635 1 Tevet 10395
Chag HaBanot 6635 30 Kislev 10396
Chag HaBanot 6637 30 Kislev 10397
Chag HaBanot 6638 30 Kislev 10398
Chag HaBanot 6638 1 Tevet 10399
Chag HaBanot 6640 30 Kislev 10400
Chag HaBanot 6641 30 Kislev 10401

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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