Chag HaBanot 2060 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5821

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5821 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 2057 30 Kislev 5818
Chag HaBanot 2058 30 Kislev 5819
Chag HaBanot 2059 1 Tevet 5820
Chag HaBanot 2060 30 Kislev 5821
Chag HaBanot 2061 30 Kislev 5822
Chag HaBanot 2062 30 Kislev 5823
Chag HaBanot 2063 1 Tevet 5824
Chag HaBanot 2064 30 Kislev 5825

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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