Chag HaBanot 2717 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6478

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6478 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 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
Chag HaBanot 2720 30 Kislev 6480
Chag HaBanot 2720 30 Kislev 6481
Chag HaBanot 2721 1 Tevet 6482

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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