Chag HaBanot 6925 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10685

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10685 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 6922 30 Kislev 10682
Chag HaBanot 6923 30 Kislev 10683
Chag HaBanot 6923 1 Tevet 10684
Chag HaBanot 6925 30 Kislev 10685
Chag HaBanot 6926 30 Kislev 10686
Chag HaBanot 6927 30 Kislev 10687
Chag HaBanot 6928 30 Kislev 10688
Chag HaBanot 6928 1 Tevet 10689

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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