Chag HaBanot 3139 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6900

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6900 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 3136 1 Tevet 6897
Chag HaBanot 3138 30 Kislev 6898
Chag HaBanot 3138 30 Kislev 6899
Chag HaBanot 3139 30 Kislev 6900
Chag HaBanot 3141 30 Kislev 6901
Chag HaBanot 3141 30 Kislev 6902
Chag HaBanot 3142 1 Tevet 6903
Chag HaBanot 3143 30 Kislev 6904

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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