Chag HaBanot 9472 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13232

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13232 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 9469 30 Kislev 13229
Chag HaBanot 9470 30 Kislev 13230
Chag HaBanot 9471 30 Kislev 13231
Chag HaBanot 9472 1 Tevet 13232
Chag HaBanot 9473 30 Kislev 13233
Chag HaBanot 9474 30 Kislev 13234
Chag HaBanot 9475 1 Tevet 13235
Chag HaBanot 9476 30 Kislev 13236

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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