Chag HaBanot 6738 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10498

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10498 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 6735 30 Kislev 10495
Chag HaBanot 6736 1 Tevet 10496
Chag HaBanot 6737 30 Kislev 10497
Chag HaBanot 6738 30 Kislev 10498
Chag HaBanot 6738 30 Kislev 10499
Chag HaBanot 6740 1 Tevet 10500
Chag HaBanot 6741 30 Kislev 10501
Chag HaBanot 6741 30 Kislev 10502

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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