Chag HaBanot 6816 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10576

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10576 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 6813 30 Kislev 10573
Chag HaBanot 6814 30 Kislev 10574
Chag HaBanot 6814 1 Tevet 10575
Chag HaBanot 6816 30 Kislev 10576
Chag HaBanot 6817 30 Kislev 10577
Chag HaBanot 6817 1 Tevet 10578
Chag HaBanot 6819 30 Kislev 10579
Chag HaBanot 6820 30 Kislev 10580
Chag HaBanot 6820 30 Kislev 10581

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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