Chag HaBanot 2847 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6608

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6608 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 2844 30 Kislev 6605
Chag HaBanot 2845 30 Kislev 6606
Chag HaBanot 2846 1 Tevet 6607
Chag HaBanot 2847 30 Kislev 6608
Chag HaBanot 2848 30 Kislev 6609
Chag HaBanot 2849 30 Kislev 6610
Chag HaBanot 2850 30 Kislev 6611
Chag HaBanot 2851 1 Tevet 6612

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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