Chag HaBanot 6648 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10408

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10408 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 6645 30 Kislev 10405
Chag HaBanot 6646 1 Tevet 10406
Chag HaBanot 6646 30 Kislev 10407
Chag HaBanot 6648 30 Kislev 10408
Chag HaBanot 6649 30 Kislev 10409
Chag HaBanot 6649 1 Tevet 10410
Chag HaBanot 6651 30 Kislev 10411
Chag HaBanot 6651 30 Kislev 10412

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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