Chag HaBanot 8609 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12369

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12369 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 8606 30 Kislev 12366
Chag HaBanot 8607 1 Tevet 12367
Chag HaBanot 8608 30 Kislev 12368
Chag HaBanot 8609 1 Tevet 12369
Chag HaBanot 8610 30 Kislev 12370
Chag HaBanot 8611 30 Kislev 12371
Chag HaBanot 8612 30 Kislev 12372
Chag HaBanot 8613 30 Kislev 12373

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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