Chag HaBanot 2701 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6461

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6461 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 2698 30 Kislev 6459
Chag HaBanot 2699 1 Tevet 6460
Chag HaBanot 2701 30 Kislev 6461
Chag HaBanot 2701 30 Kislev 6462
Chag HaBanot 2702 1 Tevet 6463
Chag HaBanot 2703 30 Kislev 6464
Chag HaBanot 2704 30 Kislev 6465
Chag HaBanot 2705 30 Kislev 6466

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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