Chag HaBanot 7267 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11027

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11027 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 7264 30 Kislev 11024
Chag HaBanot 7265 1 Tevet 11025
Chag HaBanot 7265 30 Kislev 11026
Chag HaBanot 7267 30 Kislev 11027
Chag HaBanot 7268 1 Tevet 11028
Chag HaBanot 7269 30 Kislev 11029
Chag HaBanot 7270 30 Kislev 11030
Chag HaBanot 7270 30 Kislev 11031

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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