Chag HaBanot 2678 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6439

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6439 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 2675 1 Tevet 6436
Chag HaBanot 2676 30 Kislev 6437
Chag HaBanot 2677 30 Kislev 6438
Chag HaBanot 2678 1 Tevet 6439
Chag HaBanot 2679 30 Kislev 6440
Chag HaBanot 2680 30 Kislev 6441
Chag HaBanot 2682 30 Kislev 6442
Chag HaBanot 2682 1 Tevet 6443

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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