Chag HaBanot 2593 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6354

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6354 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 2590 30 Kislev 6351
Chag HaBanot 2591 30 Kislev 6352
Chag HaBanot 2592 1 Tevet 6353
Chag HaBanot 2593 30 Kislev 6354
Chag HaBanot 2595 30 Kislev 6355
Chag HaBanot 2595 30 Kislev 6356
Chag HaBanot 2596 1 Tevet 6357
Chag HaBanot 2597 30 Kislev 6358

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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