Chag HaBanot 7685 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11445

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11445 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 7682 30 Kislev 11442
Chag HaBanot 7683 30 Kislev 11443
Chag HaBanot 7683 1 Tevet 11444
Chag HaBanot 7685 30 Kislev 11445
Chag HaBanot 7686 30 Kislev 11446
Chag HaBanot 7687 30 Kislev 11447
Chag HaBanot 7688 1 Tevet 11448
Chag HaBanot 7688 30 Kislev 11449

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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