Chag HaBanot 8473 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12233

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12233 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 8470 30 Kislev 12230
Chag HaBanot 8471 30 Kislev 12231
Chag HaBanot 8472 30 Kislev 12232
Chag HaBanot 8473 1 Tevet 12233
Chag HaBanot 8473 30 Kislev 12234
Chag HaBanot 8475 30 Kislev 12235
Chag HaBanot 8476 1 Tevet 12236
Chag HaBanot 8477 30 Kislev 12237

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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