Chag HaBanot 3866 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7627

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7627 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 3863 30 Kislev 7623
Chag HaBanot 3863 1 Tevet 7624
Chag HaBanot 3864 30 Kislev 7625
Chag HaBanot 3865 30 Kislev 7626
Chag HaBanot 3866 1 Tevet 7627
Chag HaBanot 3868 30 Kislev 7628
Chag HaBanot 3868 30 Kislev 7629
Chag HaBanot 3869 30 Kislev 7630

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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