Chag HaBanot 2861 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6621

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6621 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 2858 30 Kislev 6619
Chag HaBanot 2859 1 Tevet 6620
Chag HaBanot 2861 30 Kislev 6621
Chag HaBanot 2861 30 Kislev 6622
Chag HaBanot 2862 1 Tevet 6623
Chag HaBanot 2863 30 Kislev 6624
Chag HaBanot 2864 30 Kislev 6625
Chag HaBanot 2865 30 Kislev 6626

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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