Chag HaBanot 2603 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6364

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6364 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 2600 30 Kislev 6361
Chag HaBanot 2601 30 Kislev 6362
Chag HaBanot 2602 30 Kislev 6363
Chag HaBanot 2603 30 Kislev 6364
Chag HaBanot 2604 1 Tevet 6365
Chag HaBanot 2606 30 Kislev 6366
Chag HaBanot 2606 30 Kislev 6367
Chag HaBanot 2607 30 Kislev 6368

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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