Chag HaBanot 6005 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9765

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9765 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 6002 30 Kislev 9762
Chag HaBanot 6002 1 Tevet 9763
Chag HaBanot 6003 30 Kislev 9764
Chag HaBanot 6005 30 Kislev 9765
Chag HaBanot 6005 1 Tevet 9766
Chag HaBanot 6007 30 Kislev 9767
Chag HaBanot 6008 30 Kislev 9768
Chag HaBanot 6008 30 Kislev 9769

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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