Chag HaBanot 2621 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6382

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6382 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 2618 30 Kislev 6379
Chag HaBanot 2619 30 Kislev 6380
Chag HaBanot 2620 30 Kislev 6381
Chag HaBanot 2621 1 Tevet 6382
Chag HaBanot 2622 30 Kislev 6383
Chag HaBanot 2623 1 Tevet 6384
Chag HaBanot 2624 30 Kislev 6385
Chag HaBanot 2625 30 Kislev 6386

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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