Chag HaBanot 2429 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6190

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6190 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 2426 30 Kislev 6187
Chag HaBanot 2427 30 Kislev 6188
Chag HaBanot 2428 1 Tevet 6189
Chag HaBanot 2429 30 Kislev 6190
Chag HaBanot 2430 30 Kislev 6191
Chag HaBanot 2431 30 Kislev 6192
Chag HaBanot 2432 1 Tevet 6193
Chag HaBanot 2433 30 Kislev 6194

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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