Chag HaBanot 8209 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11969

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11969 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 8206 1 Tevet 11966
Chag HaBanot 8207 30 Kislev 11967
Chag HaBanot 8207 30 Kislev 11968
Chag HaBanot 8209 30 Kislev 11969
Chag HaBanot 8210 1 Tevet 11970
Chag HaBanot 8211 30 Kislev 11971
Chag HaBanot 8212 30 Kislev 11972
Chag HaBanot 8213 1 Tevet 11973

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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