Chag HaBanot 2457 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6218

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6218 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 2453 30 Kislev 6214
Chag HaBanot 2454 30 Kislev 6215
Chag HaBanot 2455 1 Tevet 6216
Chag HaBanot 2456 30 Kislev 6217
Chag HaBanot 2457 30 Kislev 6218
Chag HaBanot 2458 30 Kislev 6219
Chag HaBanot 2459 1 Tevet 6220
Chag HaBanot 2460 30 Kislev 6221

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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