Chag HaBanot 9377 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13137

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13137 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 9374 30 Kislev 13134
Chag HaBanot 9375 1 Tevet 13135
Chag HaBanot 9376 30 Kislev 13136
Chag HaBanot 9377 1 Tevet 13137
Chag HaBanot 9378 30 Kislev 13138
Chag HaBanot 9379 30 Kislev 13139
Chag HaBanot 9380 30 Kislev 13140
Chag HaBanot 9381 30 Kislev 13141

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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