Chag HaBanot 9183 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12943

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12943 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 9180 30 Kislev 12940
Chag HaBanot 9181 30 Kislev 12941
Chag HaBanot 9182 1 Tevet 12942
Chag HaBanot 9183 30 Kislev 12943
Chag HaBanot 9184 30 Kislev 12944
Chag HaBanot 9185 30 Kislev 12945
Chag HaBanot 9186 1 Tevet 12946
Chag HaBanot 9187 30 Kislev 12947

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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