Chag HaBanot 3048 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6809

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6809 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 3045 30 Kislev 6806
Chag HaBanot 3046 30 Kislev 6807
Chag HaBanot 3047 1 Tevet 6808
Chag HaBanot 3048 30 Kislev 6809
Chag HaBanot 3049 30 Kislev 6810
Chag HaBanot 3051 30 Kislev 6811
Chag HaBanot 3051 1 Tevet 6812
Chag HaBanot 3052 30 Kislev 6813

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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