Chag HaBanot 2307 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6068

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6068 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 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
Chag HaBanot 2310 30 Kislev 6070
Chag HaBanot 2310 1 Tevet 6071
Chag HaBanot 2311 30 Kislev 6072

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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