Chag HaBanot 2343 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6104

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6104 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 2339 30 Kislev 6100
Chag HaBanot 2340 30 Kislev 6101
Chag HaBanot 2341 1 Tevet 6102
Chag HaBanot 2342 30 Kislev 6103
Chag HaBanot 2343 30 Kislev 6104
Chag HaBanot 2344 30 Kislev 6105
Chag HaBanot 2345 1 Tevet 6106
Chag HaBanot 2346 30 Kislev 6107

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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