Chag HaBanot 2921 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6681

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6681 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 2918 1 Tevet 6678
Chag HaBanot 2918 30 Kislev 6679
Chag HaBanot 2919 30 Kislev 6680
Chag HaBanot 2921 30 Kislev 6681
Chag HaBanot 2921 30 Kislev 6682
Chag HaBanot 2922 1 Tevet 6683
Chag HaBanot 2923 30 Kislev 6684
Chag HaBanot 2924 30 Kislev 6685
Chag HaBanot 2925 1 Tevet 6686

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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