Chag HaBanot 2538 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6298

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6298 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 2535 30 Kislev 6296
Chag HaBanot 2536 30 Kislev 6297
Chag HaBanot 2538 1 Tevet 6298
Chag HaBanot 2538 30 Kislev 6299
Chag HaBanot 2539 30 Kislev 6300
Chag HaBanot 2540 30 Kislev 6301
Chag HaBanot 2541 1 Tevet 6302
Chag HaBanot 2542 30 Kislev 6303

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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