Chag HaBanot 8202 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11962

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11962 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 8199 30 Kislev 11959
Chag HaBanot 8200 30 Kislev 11960
Chag HaBanot 8201 30 Kislev 11961
Chag HaBanot 8202 1 Tevet 11962
Chag HaBanot 8203 30 Kislev 11963
Chag HaBanot 8204 30 Kislev 11964
Chag HaBanot 8205 30 Kislev 11965
Chag HaBanot 8206 1 Tevet 11966

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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