Chag HaBanot 2856 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6617

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6617 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 2853 30 Kislev 6613
Chag HaBanot 2853 30 Kislev 6614
Chag HaBanot 2854 30 Kislev 6615
Chag HaBanot 2855 1 Tevet 6616
Chag HaBanot 2856 30 Kislev 6617
Chag HaBanot 2857 30 Kislev 6618
Chag HaBanot 2858 30 Kislev 6619
Chag HaBanot 2859 1 Tevet 6620

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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