Chag HaBanot 2946 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6707

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6707 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 2943 30 Kislev 6704
Chag HaBanot 2944 30 Kislev 6705
Chag HaBanot 2945 30 Kislev 6706
Chag HaBanot 2946 1 Tevet 6707
Chag HaBanot 2948 30 Kislev 6708
Chag HaBanot 2948 30 Kislev 6709
Chag HaBanot 2949 1 Tevet 6710
Chag HaBanot 2950 30 Kislev 6711

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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