Chag HaBanot 8433 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12193

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12193 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 8430 30 Kislev 12190
Chag HaBanot 8431 30 Kislev 12191
Chag HaBanot 8432 30 Kislev 12192
Chag HaBanot 8433 1 Tevet 12193
Chag HaBanot 8434 30 Kislev 12194
Chag HaBanot 8435 30 Kislev 12195
Chag HaBanot 8435 30 Kislev 12196
Chag HaBanot 8437 30 Kislev 12197

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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