Chag HaBanot 2964 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6725

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6725 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 2961 30 Kislev 6722
Chag HaBanot 2962 30 Kislev 6723
Chag HaBanot 2963 30 Kislev 6724
Chag HaBanot 2964 1 Tevet 6725
Chag HaBanot 2965 30 Kislev 6726
Chag HaBanot 2967 30 Kislev 6727
Chag HaBanot 2967 30 Kislev 6728
Chag HaBanot 2968 1 Tevet 6729

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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