Chag HaBanot 2114 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5875

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5875 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 2111 30 Kislev 5872
Chag HaBanot 2112 30 Kislev 5873
Chag HaBanot 2113 30 Kislev 5874
Chag HaBanot 2114 1 Tevet 5875
Chag HaBanot 2115 30 Kislev 5876
Chag HaBanot 2116 30 Kislev 5877
Chag HaBanot 2117 30 Kislev 5878
Chag HaBanot 2118 1 Tevet 5879

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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