Chag HaBanot 2293 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6054

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6054 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 2291 1 Tevet 6051
Chag HaBanot 2291 30 Kislev 6052
Chag HaBanot 2292 30 Kislev 6053
Chag HaBanot 2293 30 Kislev 6054
Chag HaBanot 2294 1 Tevet 6055
Chag HaBanot 2295 30 Kislev 6056
Chag HaBanot 2296 30 Kislev 6057
Chag HaBanot 2297 30 Kislev 6058

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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