Chag HaBanot 6765 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10525

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10525 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 6762 30 Kislev 10522
Chag HaBanot 6763 30 Kislev 10523
Chag HaBanot 6763 1 Tevet 10524
Chag HaBanot 6765 30 Kislev 10525
Chag HaBanot 6765 30 Kislev 10526
Chag HaBanot 6767 1 Tevet 10527
Chag HaBanot 6768 30 Kislev 10528
Chag HaBanot 6768 30 Kislev 10529

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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