Chag HaBanot 2440 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6201

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6201 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 2437 30 Kislev 6198
Chag HaBanot 2438 30 Kislev 6199
Chag HaBanot 2439 1 Tevet 6200
Chag HaBanot 2440 30 Kislev 6201
Chag HaBanot 2441 30 Kislev 6202
Chag HaBanot 2443 30 Kislev 6203
Chag HaBanot 2443 1 Tevet 6204
Chag HaBanot 2444 30 Kislev 6205

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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