Chag HaBanot 3765 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7525

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7525 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 3762 30 Kislev 7523
Chag HaBanot 3763 1 Tevet 7524
Chag HaBanot 3765 30 Kislev 7525
Chag HaBanot 3765 30 Kislev 7526
Chag HaBanot 3766 30 Kislev 7527
Chag HaBanot 3768 30 Kislev 7528
Chag HaBanot 3768 1 Tevet 7529
Chag HaBanot 3769 30 Kislev 7530

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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