Chag HaBanot 2519 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6279

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6279 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 2516 30 Kislev 6277
Chag HaBanot 2517 1 Tevet 6278
Chag HaBanot 2519 30 Kislev 6279
Chag HaBanot 2519 30 Kislev 6280
Chag HaBanot 2520 30 Kislev 6281
Chag HaBanot 2521 1 Tevet 6282
Chag HaBanot 2522 30 Kislev 6283
Chag HaBanot 2523 30 Kislev 6284

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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