Chag HaBanot 266 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4027

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4027 began on and ended 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 263 30 Kislev 4024
Chag HaBanot 264 1 Tevet 4025
Chag HaBanot 265 30 Kislev 4026
Chag HaBanot 266 30 Kislev 4027
Chag HaBanot 267 1 Tevet 4028
Chag HaBanot 268 30 Kislev 4029
Chag HaBanot 269 30 Kislev 4030
Chag HaBanot 270 30 Kislev 4031

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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