Chag HaBanot 3686 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7447

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7447 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 3683 30 Kislev 7444
Chag HaBanot 3684 30 Kislev 7445
Chag HaBanot 3685 1 Tevet 7446
Chag HaBanot 3686 30 Kislev 7447
Chag HaBanot 3687 30 Kislev 7448
Chag HaBanot 3689 30 Kislev 7449
Chag HaBanot 3689 30 Kislev 7450
Chag HaBanot 3690 1 Tevet 7451

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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