Chag HaBanot 6425 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10185

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10185 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 6423 30 Kislev 10183
Chag HaBanot 6423 30 Kislev 10184
Chag HaBanot 6425 30 Kislev 10185
Chag HaBanot 6426 1 Tevet 10186
Chag HaBanot 6426 30 Kislev 10187
Chag HaBanot 6428 30 Kislev 10188
Chag HaBanot 6429 30 Kislev 10189
Chag HaBanot 6429 1 Tevet 10190

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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