Chag HaBanot 2406 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6167

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6167 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 2403 1 Tevet 6164
Chag HaBanot 2404 30 Kislev 6165
Chag HaBanot 2405 30 Kislev 6166
Chag HaBanot 2406 30 Kislev 6167
Chag HaBanot 2407 30 Kislev 6168
Chag HaBanot 2408 1 Tevet 6169
Chag HaBanot 2409 30 Kislev 6170
Chag HaBanot 2410 30 Kislev 6171

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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