Chag HaBanot 2299 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6060

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6060 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 2296 30 Kislev 6057
Chag HaBanot 2297 30 Kislev 6058
Chag HaBanot 2298 1 Tevet 6059
Chag HaBanot 2299 30 Kislev 6060
Chag HaBanot 2300 30 Kislev 6061
Chag HaBanot 2302 30 Kislev 6062
Chag HaBanot 2302 30 Kislev 6063
Chag HaBanot 2303 1 Tevet 6064

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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