Chag HaBanot 8215 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11975

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11975 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 8212 30 Kislev 11972
Chag HaBanot 8213 1 Tevet 11973
Chag HaBanot 8214 30 Kislev 11974
Chag HaBanot 8215 30 Kislev 11975
Chag HaBanot 8216 30 Kislev 11976
Chag HaBanot 8217 30 Kislev 11977
Chag HaBanot 8218 1 Tevet 11978
Chag HaBanot 8219 30 Kislev 11979

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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