Chag HaBanot 9673 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13433

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13433 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 9670 30 Kislev 13430
Chag HaBanot 9671 30 Kislev 13431
Chag HaBanot 9672 30 Kislev 13432
Chag HaBanot 9673 1 Tevet 13433
Chag HaBanot 9674 30 Kislev 13434
Chag HaBanot 9675 30 Kislev 13435
Chag HaBanot 9676 1 Tevet 13436
Chag HaBanot 9677 30 Kislev 13437

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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