Chag HaBanot 2800 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6561

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6561 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 2797 1 Tevet 6558
Chag HaBanot 2798 30 Kislev 6559
Chag HaBanot 2799 30 Kislev 6560
Chag HaBanot 2800 1 Tevet 6561
Chag HaBanot 2801 30 Kislev 6562
Chag HaBanot 2802 30 Kislev 6563
Chag HaBanot 2804 30 Kislev 6564
Chag HaBanot 2804 1 Tevet 6565

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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