Chag HaBanot 2398 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6159

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6159 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 2395 1 Tevet 6156
Chag HaBanot 2396 30 Kislev 6157
Chag HaBanot 2397 30 Kislev 6158
Chag HaBanot 2398 30 Kislev 6159
Chag HaBanot 2399 30 Kislev 6160
Chag HaBanot 2400 30 Kislev 6161
Chag HaBanot 2401 1 Tevet 6162
Chag HaBanot 2402 30 Kislev 6163

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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