Chag HaBanot 2911 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6672

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6672 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 2908 30 Kislev 6669
Chag HaBanot 2910 1 Tevet 6670
Chag HaBanot 2910 30 Kislev 6671
Chag HaBanot 2911 30 Kislev 6672
Chag HaBanot 2912 30 Kislev 6673
Chag HaBanot 2913 1 Tevet 6674
Chag HaBanot 2914 30 Kislev 6675
Chag HaBanot 2915 30 Kislev 6676

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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