Chag HaBanot 3267 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7028

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7028 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 3264 30 Kislev 7025
Chag HaBanot 3265 30 Kislev 7026
Chag HaBanot 3266 30 Kislev 7027
Chag HaBanot 3267 1 Tevet 7028
Chag HaBanot 3268 30 Kislev 7029
Chag HaBanot 3269 1 Tevet 7030
Chag HaBanot 3271 30 Kislev 7031
Chag HaBanot 3271 30 Kislev 7032

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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