Chag HaBanot 2668 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6429

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6429 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 2665 30 Kislev 6426
Chag HaBanot 2666 1 Tevet 6427
Chag HaBanot 2667 30 Kislev 6428
Chag HaBanot 2668 30 Kislev 6429
Chag HaBanot 2669 30 Kislev 6430
Chag HaBanot 2671 1 Tevet 6431
Chag HaBanot 2671 30 Kislev 6432
Chag HaBanot 2672 30 Kislev 6433

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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