Chag HaBanot 3239 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7000

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7000 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 3235 30 Kislev 6996
Chag HaBanot 3236 30 Kislev 6997
Chag HaBanot 3237 30 Kislev 6998
Chag HaBanot 3238 1 Tevet 6999
Chag HaBanot 3239 30 Kislev 7000
Chag HaBanot 3241 30 Kislev 7001
Chag HaBanot 3241 30 Kislev 7002
Chag HaBanot 3242 1 Tevet 7003

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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