Chag HaBanot 9437 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13197

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13197 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 9434 30 Kislev 13194
Chag HaBanot 9435 30 Kislev 13195
Chag HaBanot 9436 30 Kislev 13196
Chag HaBanot 9437 1 Tevet 13197
Chag HaBanot 9438 30 Kislev 13198
Chag HaBanot 9439 30 Kislev 13199
Chag HaBanot 9440 1 Tevet 13200
Chag HaBanot 9441 30 Kislev 13201

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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