Chag HaBanot 2657 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6418

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6418 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 2654 30 Kislev 6415
Chag HaBanot 2655 1 Tevet 6416
Chag HaBanot 2656 30 Kislev 6417
Chag HaBanot 2657 30 Kislev 6418
Chag HaBanot 2658 30 Kislev 6419
Chag HaBanot 2659 1 Tevet 6420
Chag HaBanot 2660 30 Kislev 6421
Chag HaBanot 2661 30 Kislev 6422

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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