Chag HaBanot 5427 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9187

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9187 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 5424 30 Kislev 9184
Chag HaBanot 5424 30 Kislev 9185
Chag HaBanot 5426 30 Kislev 9186
Chag HaBanot 5427 1 Tevet 9187
Chag HaBanot 5427 30 Kislev 9188
Chag HaBanot 5429 30 Kislev 9189
Chag HaBanot 5430 30 Kislev 9190
Chag HaBanot 5430 1 Tevet 9191

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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