Chag HaBanot 2235 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5996

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5996 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 2232 1 Tevet 5993
Chag HaBanot 2234 30 Kislev 5994
Chag HaBanot 2234 30 Kislev 5995
Chag HaBanot 2235 1 Tevet 5996
Chag HaBanot 2236 30 Kislev 5997
Chag HaBanot 2237 30 Kislev 5998
Chag HaBanot 2238 30 Kislev 5999
Chag HaBanot 2239 1 Tevet 6000

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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