Chag HaBanot 6920 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10680

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10680 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 6917 30 Kislev 10677
Chag HaBanot 6917 30 Kislev 10678
Chag HaBanot 6919 30 Kislev 10679
Chag HaBanot 6920 1 Tevet 10680
Chag HaBanot 6920 30 Kislev 10681
Chag HaBanot 6922 30 Kislev 10682
Chag HaBanot 6923 30 Kislev 10683
Chag HaBanot 6923 1 Tevet 10684

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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