Chag HaBanot 3055 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6816

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6816 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 3052 30 Kislev 6813
Chag HaBanot 3054 30 Kislev 6814
Chag HaBanot 3054 30 Kislev 6815
Chag HaBanot 3055 1 Tevet 6816
Chag HaBanot 3056 30 Kislev 6817
Chag HaBanot 3057 30 Kislev 6818
Chag HaBanot 3058 1 Tevet 6819
Chag HaBanot 3059 30 Kislev 6820

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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