Chag HaBanot 8833 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12593

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12593 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 8830 30 Kislev 12590
Chag HaBanot 8831 30 Kislev 12591
Chag HaBanot 8832 30 Kislev 12592
Chag HaBanot 8833 30 Kislev 12593
Chag HaBanot 8834 1 Tevet 12594
Chag HaBanot 8835 30 Kislev 12595
Chag HaBanot 8836 30 Kislev 12596
Chag HaBanot 8837 1 Tevet 12597

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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