Chag HaBanot 3090 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6851

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6851 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 3087 30 Kislev 6848
Chag HaBanot 3089 30 Kislev 6849
Chag HaBanot 3089 1 Tevet 6850
Chag HaBanot 3090 30 Kislev 6851
Chag HaBanot 3092 30 Kislev 6852
Chag HaBanot 3092 30 Kislev 6853
Chag HaBanot 3093 1 Tevet 6854
Chag HaBanot 3094 30 Kislev 6855

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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