Chag HaBanot 9333 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13093

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13093 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 9330 30 Kislev 13090
Chag HaBanot 9331 1 Tevet 13091
Chag HaBanot 9332 30 Kislev 13092
Chag HaBanot 9333 30 Kislev 13093
Chag HaBanot 9334 30 Kislev 13094
Chag HaBanot 9335 1 Tevet 13095
Chag HaBanot 9336 30 Kislev 13096
Chag HaBanot 9337 30 Kislev 13097

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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