Chag HaBanot 2905 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6666

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6666 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 2902 30 Kislev 6662
Chag HaBanot 2902 1 Tevet 6663
Chag HaBanot 2903 30 Kislev 6664
Chag HaBanot 2904 30 Kislev 6665
Chag HaBanot 2905 30 Kislev 6666
Chag HaBanot 2906 1 Tevet 6667
Chag HaBanot 2907 30 Kislev 6668
Chag HaBanot 2908 30 Kislev 6669

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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