Chag HaBanot 8393 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12153

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12153 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 8390 30 Kislev 12150
Chag HaBanot 8391 1 Tevet 12151
Chag HaBanot 8392 30 Kislev 12152
Chag HaBanot 8393 30 Kislev 12153
Chag HaBanot 8394 30 Kislev 12154
Chag HaBanot 8395 1 Tevet 12155
Chag HaBanot 8396 30 Kislev 12156
Chag HaBanot 8397 30 Kislev 12157
Chag HaBanot 8397 1 Tevet 12158

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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