Chag HaBanot 4067 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7828

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7828 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 4064 30 Kislev 7824
Chag HaBanot 4064 30 Kislev 7825
Chag HaBanot 4065 30 Kislev 7826
Chag HaBanot 4066 1 Tevet 7827
Chag HaBanot 4067 30 Kislev 7828
Chag HaBanot 4069 30 Kislev 7829
Chag HaBanot 4069 30 Kislev 7830
Chag HaBanot 4070 1 Tevet 7831

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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