Chag HaBanot 9096 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12856

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12856 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 9093 30 Kislev 12853
Chag HaBanot 9094 30 Kislev 12854
Chag HaBanot 9095 1 Tevet 12855
Chag HaBanot 9096 30 Kislev 12856
Chag HaBanot 9097 30 Kislev 12857
Chag HaBanot 9098 30 Kislev 12858
Chag HaBanot 9099 30 Kislev 12859
Chag HaBanot 9100 30 Kislev 12860

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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