Chag HaBanot 2753 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6514

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6514 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 2750 30 Kislev 6511
Chag HaBanot 2751 30 Kislev 6512
Chag HaBanot 2752 30 Kislev 6513
Chag HaBanot 2753 1 Tevet 6514
Chag HaBanot 2754 30 Kislev 6515
Chag HaBanot 2755 30 Kislev 6516
Chag HaBanot 2756 30 Kislev 6517

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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