Chag HaBanot 2642 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6403

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6403 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 2639 1 Tevet 6400
Chag HaBanot 2640 30 Kislev 6401
Chag HaBanot 2641 30 Kislev 6402
Chag HaBanot 2642 1 Tevet 6403
Chag HaBanot 2644 30 Kislev 6404
Chag HaBanot 2644 30 Kislev 6405
Chag HaBanot 2645 30 Kislev 6406
Chag HaBanot 2646 30 Kislev 6407

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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