Chag HaBanot 2145 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5906

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5906 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 2142 30 Kislev 5903
Chag HaBanot 2143 30 Kislev 5904
Chag HaBanot 2144 30 Kislev 5905
Chag HaBanot 2145 1 Tevet 5906
Chag HaBanot 2146 30 Kislev 5907
Chag HaBanot 2147 30 Kislev 5908
Chag HaBanot 2148 1 Tevet 5909
Chag HaBanot 2149 30 Kislev 5910

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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