Chag HaBanot 3146 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6906

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6906 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 3143 30 Kislev 6904
Chag HaBanot 3144 1 Tevet 6905
Chag HaBanot 3146 30 Kislev 6906
Chag HaBanot 3146 30 Kislev 6907
Chag HaBanot 3147 30 Kislev 6908
Chag HaBanot 3149 30 Kislev 6909
Chag HaBanot 3149 1 Tevet 6910
Chag HaBanot 3150 30 Kislev 6911

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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