Chag HaBanot 2627 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6388

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6388 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 2624 30 Kislev 6385
Chag HaBanot 2625 30 Kislev 6386
Chag HaBanot 2626 30 Kislev 6387
Chag HaBanot 2627 30 Kislev 6388
Chag HaBanot 2628 1 Tevet 6389
Chag HaBanot 2629 30 Kislev 6390
Chag HaBanot 2630 30 Kislev 6391
Chag HaBanot 2631 1 Tevet 6392

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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