Chag HaBanot 9705 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13465

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13465 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 9702 30 Kislev 13462
Chag HaBanot 9703 1 Tevet 13463
Chag HaBanot 9704 30 Kislev 13464
Chag HaBanot 9705 30 Kislev 13465
Chag HaBanot 9706 30 Kislev 13466
Chag HaBanot 9707 1 Tevet 13467
Chag HaBanot 9708 30 Kislev 13468
Chag HaBanot 9709 30 Kislev 13469

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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