Chag HaBanot 2634 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6395

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6395 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 2631 1 Tevet 6392
Chag HaBanot 2633 30 Kislev 6393
Chag HaBanot 2633 30 Kislev 6394
Chag HaBanot 2634 30 Kislev 6395
Chag HaBanot 2635 1 Tevet 6396
Chag HaBanot 2636 30 Kislev 6397
Chag HaBanot 2637 30 Kislev 6398
Chag HaBanot 2638 30 Kislev 6399

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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