Chag HaBanot 6619 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10379

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10379 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 6616 30 Kislev 10376
Chag HaBanot 6616 30 Kislev 10377
Chag HaBanot 6618 1 Tevet 10378
Chag HaBanot 6619 30 Kislev 10379
Chag HaBanot 6619 30 Kislev 10380
Chag HaBanot 6621 30 Kislev 10381
Chag HaBanot 6622 1 Tevet 10382
Chag HaBanot 6623 30 Kislev 10383

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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