Chag HaBanot 2781 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6542

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6542 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 2778 30 Kislev 6539
Chag HaBanot 2779 30 Kislev 6540
Chag HaBanot 2780 30 Kislev 6541
Chag HaBanot 2781 1 Tevet 6542
Chag HaBanot 2782 30 Kislev 6543
Chag HaBanot 2783 30 Kislev 6544
Chag HaBanot 2785 1 Tevet 6545
Chag HaBanot 2785 30 Kislev 6546

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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