Chag HaBanot 3124 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6885

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6885 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 3122 30 Kislev 6882
Chag HaBanot 3122 1 Tevet 6883
Chag HaBanot 3123 30 Kislev 6884
Chag HaBanot 3124 30 Kislev 6885
Chag HaBanot 3125 1 Tevet 6886
Chag HaBanot 3127 30 Kislev 6887
Chag HaBanot 3127 30 Kislev 6888
Chag HaBanot 3128 30 Kislev 6889

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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