Chag HaBanot 2872 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6632

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6632 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 2869 30 Kislev 6630
Chag HaBanot 2870 1 Tevet 6631
Chag HaBanot 2872 30 Kislev 6632
Chag HaBanot 2872 30 Kislev 6633
Chag HaBanot 2873 30 Kislev 6634
Chag HaBanot 2874 30 Kislev 6635
Chag HaBanot 2875 1 Tevet 6636
Chag HaBanot 2876 30 Kislev 6637

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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