Chag HaBanot 3010 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6771

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6771 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 3007 1 Tevet 6768
Chag HaBanot 3008 30 Kislev 6769
Chag HaBanot 3009 30 Kislev 6770
Chag HaBanot 3010 30 Kislev 6771
Chag HaBanot 3011 1 Tevet 6772
Chag HaBanot 3013 30 Kislev 6773
Chag HaBanot 3013 30 Kislev 6774
Chag HaBanot 3014 30 Kislev 6775

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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