Chag HaBanot 6863 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10623

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10623 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 6860 30 Kislev 10620
Chag HaBanot 6860 1 Tevet 10621
Chag HaBanot 6862 30 Kislev 10622
Chag HaBanot 6863 30 Kislev 10623
Chag HaBanot 6863 30 Kislev 10624
Chag HaBanot 6865 1 Tevet 10625
Chag HaBanot 6866 30 Kislev 10626
Chag HaBanot 6866 30 Kislev 10627

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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