Chag HaBanot 6754 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10514

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10514 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 6751 30 Kislev 10511
Chag HaBanot 6752 30 Kislev 10512
Chag HaBanot 6752 1 Tevet 10513
Chag HaBanot 6754 30 Kislev 10514
Chag HaBanot 6755 1 Tevet 10515
Chag HaBanot 6756 30 Kislev 10516
Chag HaBanot 6757 30 Kislev 10517
Chag HaBanot 6757 30 Kislev 10518

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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