Chag HaBanot 4145 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7905

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7905 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 4142 30 Kislev 7903
Chag HaBanot 4143 30 Kislev 7904
Chag HaBanot 4145 1 Tevet 7905
Chag HaBanot 4145 30 Kislev 7906
Chag HaBanot 4146 30 Kislev 7907
Chag HaBanot 4148 30 Kislev 7908
Chag HaBanot 4148 1 Tevet 7909
Chag HaBanot 4149 30 Kislev 7910

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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