Chag HaBanot 3020 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6781

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6781 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 3017 30 Kislev 6778
Chag HaBanot 3018 30 Kislev 6779
Chag HaBanot 3019 30 Kislev 6780
Chag HaBanot 3020 1 Tevet 6781
Chag HaBanot 3021 30 Kislev 6782
Chag HaBanot 3022 30 Kislev 6783
Chag HaBanot 3024 30 Kislev 6784
Chag HaBanot 3024 1 Tevet 6785

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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