Chag HaBanot 9200 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12960

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12960 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 9197 1 Tevet 12957
Chag HaBanot 9198 30 Kislev 12958
Chag HaBanot 9199 30 Kislev 12959
Chag HaBanot 9200 30 Kislev 12960
Chag HaBanot 9201 1 Tevet 12961
Chag HaBanot 9202 30 Kislev 12962
Chag HaBanot 9203 30 Kislev 12963
Chag HaBanot 9204 30 Kislev 12964

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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