Chag HaBanot 2305 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6066

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6066 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 2302 30 Kislev 6062
Chag HaBanot 2302 30 Kislev 6063
Chag HaBanot 2303 1 Tevet 6064
Chag HaBanot 2304 30 Kislev 6065
Chag HaBanot 2305 30 Kislev 6066
Chag HaBanot 2306 1 Tevet 6067
Chag HaBanot 2307 30 Kislev 6068
Chag HaBanot 2308 30 Kislev 6069

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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