Chag HaBanot 2186 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5947

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5947 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 2183 30 Kislev 5944
Chag HaBanot 2184 30 Kislev 5945
Chag HaBanot 2185 1 Tevet 5946
Chag HaBanot 2186 30 Kislev 5947
Chag HaBanot 2187 30 Kislev 5948
Chag HaBanot 2188 30 Kislev 5949
Chag HaBanot 2189 1 Tevet 5950
Chag HaBanot 2190 30 Kislev 5951

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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