Chag HaBanot 5967 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9727

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9727 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 5964 30 Kislev 9724
Chag HaBanot 5964 1 Tevet 9725
Chag HaBanot 5965 30 Kislev 9726
Chag HaBanot 5967 30 Kislev 9727
Chag HaBanot 5967 1 Tevet 9728
Chag HaBanot 5969 30 Kislev 9729
Chag HaBanot 5970 30 Kislev 9730
Chag HaBanot 5970 30 Kislev 9731

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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