Chag HaBanot 5565 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9325

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9325 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 5562 30 Kislev 9322
Chag HaBanot 5563 30 Kislev 9323
Chag HaBanot 5563 1 Tevet 9324
Chag HaBanot 5565 30 Kislev 9325
Chag HaBanot 5565 30 Kislev 9326
Chag HaBanot 5566 30 Kislev 9327
Chag HaBanot 5568 30 Kislev 9328
Chag HaBanot 5568 1 Tevet 9329

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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