Chag HaBanot 2888 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6649

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6649 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 2885 30 Kislev 6646
Chag HaBanot 2886 1 Tevet 6647
Chag HaBanot 2887 30 Kislev 6648
Chag HaBanot 2888 30 Kislev 6649
Chag HaBanot 2889 1 Tevet 6650
Chag HaBanot 2891 30 Kislev 6651
Chag HaBanot 2891 30 Kislev 6652
Chag HaBanot 2892 30 Kislev 6653

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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