Chag HaBanot 7387 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11147

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11147 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 7384 30 Kislev 11144
Chag HaBanot 7384 30 Kislev 11145
Chag HaBanot 7386 30 Kislev 11146
Chag HaBanot 7387 1 Tevet 11147
Chag HaBanot 7387 30 Kislev 11148
Chag HaBanot 7389 30 Kislev 11149
Chag HaBanot 7390 30 Kislev 11150
Chag HaBanot 7390 1 Tevet 11151

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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