Chag HaBanot 2571 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6332

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6332 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 2568 30 Kislev 6328
Chag HaBanot 2568 1 Tevet 6329
Chag HaBanot 2569 30 Kislev 6330
Chag HaBanot 2570 30 Kislev 6331
Chag HaBanot 2571 30 Kislev 6332
Chag HaBanot 2572 1 Tevet 6333
Chag HaBanot 2573 30 Kislev 6334
Chag HaBanot 2574 30 Kislev 6335

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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