Chag HaBanot 3929 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7690

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7690 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 3926 30 Kislev 7687
Chag HaBanot 3928 30 Kislev 7688
Chag HaBanot 3928 1 Tevet 7689
Chag HaBanot 3929 30 Kislev 7690
Chag HaBanot 3931 30 Kislev 7691
Chag HaBanot 3931 30 Kislev 7692
Chag HaBanot 3932 1 Tevet 7693
Chag HaBanot 3933 30 Kislev 7694

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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