Chag HaBanot 2276 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6037

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6037 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 2273 30 Kislev 6034
Chag HaBanot 2274 1 Tevet 6035
Chag HaBanot 2275 30 Kislev 6036
Chag HaBanot 2276 30 Kislev 6037
Chag HaBanot 2277 30 Kislev 6038
Chag HaBanot 2278 30 Kislev 6039
Chag HaBanot 2279 1 Tevet 6040
Chag HaBanot 2280 30 Kislev 6041

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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