Chag HaBanot 9033 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12793

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12793 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 9030 1 Tevet 12790
Chag HaBanot 9031 30 Kislev 12791
Chag HaBanot 9032 30 Kislev 12792
Chag HaBanot 9033 1 Tevet 12793
Chag HaBanot 9034 30 Kislev 12794
Chag HaBanot 9035 30 Kislev 12795
Chag HaBanot 9036 30 Kislev 12796
Chag HaBanot 9037 1 Tevet 12797

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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