Chag HaBanot 5375 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9135

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9135 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 5372 30 Kislev 9132
Chag HaBanot 5372 1 Tevet 9133
Chag HaBanot 5373 30 Kislev 9134
Chag HaBanot 5375 30 Kislev 9135
Chag HaBanot 5375 30 Kislev 9136
Chag HaBanot 5376 1 Tevet 9137
Chag HaBanot 5378 30 Kislev 9138
Chag HaBanot 5378 30 Kislev 9139

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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