Chag HaBanot 2986 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6746

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6746 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 2983 30 Kislev 6744
Chag HaBanot 2984 1 Tevet 6745
Chag HaBanot 2986 30 Kislev 6746
Chag HaBanot 2986 30 Kislev 6747
Chag HaBanot 2987 1 Tevet 6748
Chag HaBanot 2988 30 Kislev 6749
Chag HaBanot 2989 30 Kislev 6750
Chag HaBanot 2990 30 Kislev 6751

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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