Chag HaBanot 2283 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6044

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6044 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 2280 30 Kislev 6041
Chag HaBanot 2281 30 Kislev 6042
Chag HaBanot 2282 30 Kislev 6043
Chag HaBanot 2283 1 Tevet 6044
Chag HaBanot 2284 30 Kislev 6045
Chag HaBanot 2285 30 Kislev 6046
Chag HaBanot 2286 30 Kislev 6047
Chag HaBanot 2287 1 Tevet 6048

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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