Chag HaBanot 7007 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10767

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10767 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 7004 30 Kislev 10764
Chag HaBanot 7004 30 Kislev 10765
Chag HaBanot 7006 30 Kislev 10766
Chag HaBanot 7007 1 Tevet 10767
Chag HaBanot 7007 30 Kislev 10768
Chag HaBanot 7009 30 Kislev 10769
Chag HaBanot 7010 30 Kislev 10770
Chag HaBanot 7010 1 Tevet 10771

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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