Chag HaBanot 2956 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6716

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6716 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 2953 1 Tevet 6714
Chag HaBanot 2954 30 Kislev 6715
Chag HaBanot 2956 30 Kislev 6716
Chag HaBanot 2956 30 Kislev 6717
Chag HaBanot 2957 1 Tevet 6718
Chag HaBanot 2958 30 Kislev 6719
Chag HaBanot 2959 30 Kislev 6720
Chag HaBanot 2960 1 Tevet 6721

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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