Chag HaBanot 3804 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7565

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7565 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 3801 30 Kislev 7562
Chag HaBanot 3803 30 Kislev 7563
Chag HaBanot 3803 1 Tevet 7564
Chag HaBanot 3804 30 Kislev 7565
Chag HaBanot 3806 30 Kislev 7566
Chag HaBanot 3806 30 Kislev 7567
Chag HaBanot 3807 1 Tevet 7568
Chag HaBanot 3808 30 Kislev 7569

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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