Chag HaBanot 4425 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8185

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8185 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 4422 30 Kislev 8182
Chag HaBanot 4422 1 Tevet 8183
Chag HaBanot 4423 30 Kislev 8184
Chag HaBanot 4425 30 Kislev 8185
Chag HaBanot 4425 30 Kislev 8186
Chag HaBanot 4426 1 Tevet 8187
Chag HaBanot 4427 30 Kislev 8188
Chag HaBanot 4428 30 Kislev 8189

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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