Chag HaBanot 6824 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10584

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10584 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 6822 1 Tevet 10582
Chag HaBanot 6822 30 Kislev 10583
Chag HaBanot 6824 30 Kislev 10584
Chag HaBanot 6825 30 Kislev 10585
Chag HaBanot 6825 1 Tevet 10586
Chag HaBanot 6827 30 Kislev 10587
Chag HaBanot 6828 30 Kislev 10588
Chag HaBanot 6828 30 Kislev 10589

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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