Chag HaBanot 2558 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6319

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6319 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 2555 30 Kislev 6316
Chag HaBanot 2557 30 Kislev 6317
Chag HaBanot 2557 1 Tevet 6318
Chag HaBanot 2558 30 Kislev 6319
Chag HaBanot 2559 30 Kislev 6320
Chag HaBanot 2560 30 Kislev 6321
Chag HaBanot 2561 1 Tevet 6322
Chag HaBanot 2562 30 Kislev 6323

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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