Chag HaBanot 2417 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6178

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6178 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 2414 30 Kislev 6175
Chag HaBanot 2415 1 Tevet 6176
Chag HaBanot 2416 30 Kislev 6177
Chag HaBanot 2417 30 Kislev 6178
Chag HaBanot 2418 30 Kislev 6179
Chag HaBanot 2419 1 Tevet 6180
Chag HaBanot 2420 30 Kislev 6181
Chag HaBanot 2421 30 Kislev 6182

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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