Chag HaBanot 7827 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11587

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11587 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 7824 30 Kislev 11584
Chag HaBanot 7824 30 Kislev 11585
Chag HaBanot 7826 1 Tevet 11586
Chag HaBanot 7827 30 Kislev 11587
Chag HaBanot 7827 30 Kislev 11588
Chag HaBanot 7829 30 Kislev 11589
Chag HaBanot 7830 1 Tevet 11590
Chag HaBanot 7831 30 Kislev 11591

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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