Chag HaBanot 7985 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11745

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11745 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 7982 1 Tevet 11742
Chag HaBanot 7983 30 Kislev 11743
Chag HaBanot 7984 30 Kislev 11744
Chag HaBanot 7985 30 Kislev 11745
Chag HaBanot 7986 30 Kislev 11746
Chag HaBanot 7987 30 Kislev 11747
Chag HaBanot 7987 1 Tevet 11748
Chag HaBanot 7989 30 Kislev 11749

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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