Chag HaBanot 2714 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6475

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6475 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 2711 30 Kislev 6472
Chag HaBanot 2712 30 Kislev 6473
Chag HaBanot 2713 1 Tevet 6474
Chag HaBanot 2714 30 Kislev 6475
Chag HaBanot 2715 30 Kislev 6476
Chag HaBanot 2716 30 Kislev 6477
Chag HaBanot 2717 1 Tevet 6478
Chag HaBanot 2718 30 Kislev 6479

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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