Chag HaBanot 2494 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6255

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6255 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 2491 30 Kislev 6252
Chag HaBanot 2492 30 Kislev 6253
Chag HaBanot 2493 1 Tevet 6254
Chag HaBanot 2494 30 Kislev 6255
Chag HaBanot 2495 30 Kislev 6256
Chag HaBanot 2496 30 Kislev 6257
Chag HaBanot 2497 1 Tevet 6258
Chag HaBanot 2498 30 Kislev 6259

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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