Chag HaBanot 7493 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11253

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11253 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 7490 30 Kislev 11250
Chag HaBanot 7490 30 Kislev 11251
Chag HaBanot 7492 30 Kislev 11252
Chag HaBanot 7493 30 Kislev 11253
Chag HaBanot 7493 1 Tevet 11254
Chag HaBanot 7495 30 Kislev 11255
Chag HaBanot 7496 1 Tevet 11256
Chag HaBanot 7497 30 Kislev 11257

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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