Chag HaBanot 6678 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10438

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10438 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 6675 30 Kislev 10435
Chag HaBanot 6676 30 Kislev 10436
Chag HaBanot 6676 1 Tevet 10437
Chag HaBanot 6678 30 Kislev 10438
Chag HaBanot 6679 30 Kislev 10439
Chag HaBanot 6680 30 Kislev 10440
Chag HaBanot 6681 30 Kislev 10441
Chag HaBanot 6681 1 Tevet 10442

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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