Chag HaBanot 7626 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11386

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11386 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 7623 30 Kislev 11383
Chag HaBanot 7624 30 Kislev 11384
Chag HaBanot 7625 30 Kislev 11385
Chag HaBanot 7626 1 Tevet 11386
Chag HaBanot 7626 30 Kislev 11387
Chag HaBanot 7628 30 Kislev 11388
Chag HaBanot 7629 30 Kislev 11389
Chag HaBanot 7630 1 Tevet 11390

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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