Chag HaBanot 2244 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6005

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6005 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 2241 30 Kislev 6002
Chag HaBanot 2242 30 Kislev 6003
Chag HaBanot 2243 1 Tevet 6004
Chag HaBanot 2244 30 Kislev 6005
Chag HaBanot 2245 30 Kislev 6006
Chag HaBanot 2246 30 Kislev 6007
Chag HaBanot 2247 1 Tevet 6008
Chag HaBanot 2248 30 Kislev 6009

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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