Chag HaBanot 2392 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6153

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6153 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 2389 30 Kislev 6150
Chag HaBanot 2390 30 Kislev 6151
Chag HaBanot 2391 30 Kislev 6152
Chag HaBanot 2392 1 Tevet 6153
Chag HaBanot 2393 30 Kislev 6154
Chag HaBanot 2394 30 Kislev 6155
Chag HaBanot 2395 1 Tevet 6156
Chag HaBanot 2396 30 Kislev 6157

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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