Chag HaBanot 2508 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6269

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6269 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 2505 30 Kislev 6266
Chag HaBanot 2506 1 Tevet 6267
Chag HaBanot 2507 30 Kislev 6268
Chag HaBanot 2508 30 Kislev 6269
Chag HaBanot 2509 30 Kislev 6270
Chag HaBanot 2511 1 Tevet 6271
Chag HaBanot 2511 30 Kislev 6272
Chag HaBanot 2512 30 Kislev 6273

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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