Chag HaBanot 2650 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6411

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6411 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 2647 30 Kislev 6408
Chag HaBanot 2648 1 Tevet 6409
Chag HaBanot 2649 30 Kislev 6410
Chag HaBanot 2650 1 Tevet 6411
Chag HaBanot 2652 30 Kislev 6412
Chag HaBanot 2652 30 Kislev 6413
Chag HaBanot 2653 30 Kislev 6414

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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