Chag HaBanot 9265 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13025

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13025 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 9262 30 Kislev 13022
Chag HaBanot 9263 30 Kislev 13023
Chag HaBanot 9264 1 Tevet 13024
Chag HaBanot 9265 30 Kislev 13025
Chag HaBanot 9266 30 Kislev 13026
Chag HaBanot 9267 30 Kislev 13027
Chag HaBanot 9268 1 Tevet 13028
Chag HaBanot 9269 30 Kislev 13029

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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