Chag HaBanot 2104 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5865

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5865 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 2100 30 Kislev 5861
Chag HaBanot 2101 30 Kislev 5862
Chag HaBanot 2102 1 Tevet 5863
Chag HaBanot 2103 30 Kislev 5864
Chag HaBanot 2104 30 Kislev 5865
Chag HaBanot 2105 30 Kislev 5866
Chag HaBanot 2106 30 Kislev 5867
Chag HaBanot 2107 1 Tevet 5868
Chag HaBanot 2108 30 Kislev 5869

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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