Chag HaBanot 3646 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7407

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7407 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 3643 30 Kislev 7403
Chag HaBanot 3643 1 Tevet 7404
Chag HaBanot 3644 30 Kislev 7405
Chag HaBanot 3645 30 Kislev 7406
Chag HaBanot 3646 30 Kislev 7407
Chag HaBanot 3647 1 Tevet 7408
Chag HaBanot 3648 30 Kislev 7409
Chag HaBanot 3649 30 Kislev 7410

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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