Chag HaBanot 3666 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7427

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7427 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 3663 1 Tevet 7424
Chag HaBanot 3664 30 Kislev 7425
Chag HaBanot 3665 30 Kislev 7426
Chag HaBanot 3666 1 Tevet 7427
Chag HaBanot 3667 30 Kislev 7428
Chag HaBanot 3668 30 Kislev 7429
Chag HaBanot 3670 30 Kislev 7430
Chag HaBanot 3670 1 Tevet 7431

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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