Chag HaBanot 2267 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6028

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6028 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 2263 1 Tevet 6024
Chag HaBanot 2264 30 Kislev 6025
Chag HaBanot 2265 30 Kislev 6026
Chag HaBanot 2266 30 Kislev 6027
Chag HaBanot 2267 1 Tevet 6028
Chag HaBanot 2268 30 Kislev 6029
Chag HaBanot 2269 30 Kislev 6030
Chag HaBanot 2270 1 Tevet 6031

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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