Chag HaBanot 3066 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6827

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6827 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 3063 30 Kislev 6824
Chag HaBanot 3064 30 Kislev 6825
Chag HaBanot 3065 30 Kislev 6826
Chag HaBanot 3066 1 Tevet 6827
Chag HaBanot 3067 30 Kislev 6828
Chag HaBanot 3068 30 Kislev 6829
Chag HaBanot 3070 30 Kislev 6830
Chag HaBanot 3070 30 Kislev 6831

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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