Chag HaBanot 8413 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12173

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12173 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 8410 30 Kislev 12170
Chag HaBanot 8411 1 Tevet 12171
Chag HaBanot 8412 30 Kislev 12172
Chag HaBanot 8413 30 Kislev 12173
Chag HaBanot 8414 1 Tevet 12174
Chag HaBanot 8415 30 Kislev 12175
Chag HaBanot 8416 30 Kislev 12176
Chag HaBanot 8416 30 Kislev 12177

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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