Chag HaBanot 4227 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7987

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7987 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 4224 30 Kislev 7984
Chag HaBanot 4224 30 Kislev 7985
Chag HaBanot 4225 30 Kislev 7986
Chag HaBanot 4227 1 Tevet 7987
Chag HaBanot 4227 30 Kislev 7988
Chag HaBanot 4229 30 Kislev 7989
Chag HaBanot 4229 30 Kislev 7990
Chag HaBanot 4230 1 Tevet 7991

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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