Chag HaBanot 2208 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5969

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5969 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 2205 1 Tevet 5966
Chag HaBanot 2206 30 Kislev 5967
Chag HaBanot 2207 30 Kislev 5968
Chag HaBanot 2208 1 Tevet 5969
Chag HaBanot 2209 30 Kislev 5970
Chag HaBanot 2210 30 Kislev 5971
Chag HaBanot 2211 30 Kislev 5972
Chag HaBanot 2212 1 Tevet 5973

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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