Chag HaBanot 2992 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6753

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6753 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 2989 30 Kislev 6750
Chag HaBanot 2990 30 Kislev 6751
Chag HaBanot 2991 1 Tevet 6752
Chag HaBanot 2992 30 Kislev 6753
Chag HaBanot 2994 30 Kislev 6754
Chag HaBanot 2994 30 Kislev 6755
Chag HaBanot 2995 1 Tevet 6756
Chag HaBanot 2996 30 Kislev 6757

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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