Chag HaBanot 2577 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6338

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6338 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 2574 30 Kislev 6335
Chag HaBanot 2576 30 Kislev 6336
Chag HaBanot 2576 30 Kislev 6337
Chag HaBanot 2577 1 Tevet 6338
Chag HaBanot 2578 30 Kislev 6339
Chag HaBanot 2579 30 Kislev 6340
Chag HaBanot 2580 1 Tevet 6341
Chag HaBanot 2581 30 Kislev 6342

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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