Chag HaBanot 5285 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9045

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9045 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 5283 30 Kislev 9043
Chag HaBanot 5283 30 Kislev 9044
Chag HaBanot 5285 30 Kislev 9045
Chag HaBanot 5286 1 Tevet 9046
Chag HaBanot 5286 30 Kislev 9047
Chag HaBanot 5288 30 Kislev 9048
Chag HaBanot 5288 30 Kislev 9049
Chag HaBanot 5289 1 Tevet 9050

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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