Chag HaBanot 2821 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6582

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6582 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 2818 30 Kislev 6579
Chag HaBanot 2819 1 Tevet 6580
Chag HaBanot 2820 30 Kislev 6581
Chag HaBanot 2821 30 Kislev 6582
Chag HaBanot 2823 30 Kislev 6583
Chag HaBanot 2823 30 Kislev 6584
Chag HaBanot 2824 1 Tevet 6585

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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