Chag HaBanot 2737 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6498

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6498 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 2734 30 Kislev 6495
Chag HaBanot 2735 30 Kislev 6496
Chag HaBanot 2736 30 Kislev 6497
Chag HaBanot 2737 1 Tevet 6498
Chag HaBanot 2739 30 Kislev 6499
Chag HaBanot 2739 30 Kislev 6500
Chag HaBanot 2740 1 Tevet 6501
Chag HaBanot 2741 30 Kislev 6502

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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