Chag HaBanot 2323 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6084

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6084 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 2320 30 Kislev 6081
Chag HaBanot 2321 1 Tevet 6082
Chag HaBanot 2322 30 Kislev 6083
Chag HaBanot 2323 30 Kislev 6084
Chag HaBanot 2324 30 Kislev 6085
Chag HaBanot 2325 1 Tevet 6086
Chag HaBanot 2326 30 Kislev 6087
Chag HaBanot 2327 30 Kislev 6088

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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