Chag HaBanot 2253 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6014

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6014 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 2250 30 Kislev 6011
Chag HaBanot 2251 1 Tevet 6012
Chag HaBanot 2252 30 Kislev 6013
Chag HaBanot 2253 30 Kislev 6014
Chag HaBanot 2254 1 Tevet 6015
Chag HaBanot 2255 30 Kislev 6016
Chag HaBanot 2256 30 Kislev 6017
Chag HaBanot 2257 30 Kislev 6018

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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