Chag HaBanot 7433 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11193

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11193 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 7430 1 Tevet 11190
Chag HaBanot 7431 30 Kislev 11191
Chag HaBanot 7432 30 Kislev 11192
Chag HaBanot 7433 30 Kislev 11193
Chag HaBanot 7433 1 Tevet 11194
Chag HaBanot 7435 30 Kislev 11195
Chag HaBanot 7436 30 Kislev 11196
Chag HaBanot 7436 1 Tevet 11197

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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