Chag HaBanot 2479 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6240

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6240 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 2476 30 Kislev 6237
Chag HaBanot 2477 30 Kislev 6238
Chag HaBanot 2478 30 Kislev 6239
Chag HaBanot 2479 1 Tevet 6240
Chag HaBanot 2481 30 Kislev 6241
Chag HaBanot 2481 30 Kislev 6242
Chag HaBanot 2482 1 Tevet 6243
Chag HaBanot 2483 30 Kislev 6244

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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