Chag HaBanot 3963 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7723

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7723 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 3961 30 Kislev 7721
Chag HaBanot 3961 1 Tevet 7722
Chag HaBanot 3963 30 Kislev 7723
Chag HaBanot 3963 30 Kislev 7724
Chag HaBanot 3964 1 Tevet 7725
Chag HaBanot 3966 30 Kislev 7726
Chag HaBanot 3966 30 Kislev 7727
Chag HaBanot 3967 30 Kislev 7728

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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