Chag HaBanot 7807 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11567

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11567 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 7804 30 Kislev 11564
Chag HaBanot 7805 30 Kislev 11565
Chag HaBanot 7805 1 Tevet 11566
Chag HaBanot 7807 30 Kislev 11567
Chag HaBanot 7808 30 Kislev 11568
Chag HaBanot 7808 30 Kislev 11569
Chag HaBanot 7810 1 Tevet 11570
Chag HaBanot 7811 30 Kislev 11571

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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