Chag HaBanot 2614 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6374

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6374 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 2611 30 Kislev 6372
Chag HaBanot 2612 1 Tevet 6373
Chag HaBanot 2614 30 Kislev 6374
Chag HaBanot 2614 30 Kislev 6375
Chag HaBanot 2615 1 Tevet 6376
Chag HaBanot 2616 30 Kislev 6377
Chag HaBanot 2617 30 Kislev 6378
Chag HaBanot 2618 30 Kislev 6379

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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