Chag HaBanot 9565 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13325

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13325 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 9562 1 Tevet 13322
Chag HaBanot 9563 30 Kislev 13323
Chag HaBanot 9564 30 Kislev 13324
Chag HaBanot 9565 30 Kislev 13325
Chag HaBanot 9566 1 Tevet 13326
Chag HaBanot 9567 30 Kislev 13327
Chag HaBanot 9568 30 Kislev 13328
Chag HaBanot 9569 30 Kislev 13329

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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