Chag HaBanot 3115 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6876

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6876 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 3112 30 Kislev 6873
Chag HaBanot 3113 1 Tevet 6874
Chag HaBanot 3114 30 Kislev 6875
Chag HaBanot 3115 30 Kislev 6876
Chag HaBanot 3116 30 Kislev 6877
Chag HaBanot 3117 1 Tevet 6878
Chag HaBanot 3119 30 Kislev 6879
Chag HaBanot 3119 30 Kislev 6880

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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