Chag HaBanot 2695 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6456

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6456 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 2692 30 Kislev 6453
Chag HaBanot 2693 30 Kislev 6454
Chag HaBanot 2694 1 Tevet 6455
Chag HaBanot 2695 30 Kislev 6456
Chag HaBanot 2696 30 Kislev 6457
Chag HaBanot 2697 30 Kislev 6458
Chag HaBanot 2698 30 Kislev 6459
Chag HaBanot 2699 1 Tevet 6460

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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