Chag HaBanot 6885 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10645

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10645 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 6882 1 Tevet 10642
Chag HaBanot 6882 30 Kislev 10643
Chag HaBanot 6884 30 Kislev 10644
Chag HaBanot 6885 30 Kislev 10645
Chag HaBanot 6885 1 Tevet 10646
Chag HaBanot 6887 30 Kislev 10647
Chag HaBanot 6888 30 Kislev 10648
Chag HaBanot 6889 1 Tevet 10649

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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