Chag HaBanot 3326 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7087

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7087 begins at sundown on Monday, 16 December 3326 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 17 December 3326.

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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References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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