Chag HaBanot 2260 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6021

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6021 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 2257 30 Kislev 6018
Chag HaBanot 2258 30 Kislev 6019
Chag HaBanot 2259 1 Tevet 6020
Chag HaBanot 2260 30 Kislev 6021
Chag HaBanot 2261 30 Kislev 6022
Chag HaBanot 2262 30 Kislev 6023
Chag HaBanot 2263 1 Tevet 6024
Chag HaBanot 2264 30 Kislev 6025

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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