Chag HaBanot 8467 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12227

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12227 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 8464 30 Kislev 12224
Chag HaBanot 8465 1 Tevet 12225
Chag HaBanot 8466 30 Kislev 12226
Chag HaBanot 8467 30 Kislev 12227
Chag HaBanot 8468 30 Kislev 12228
Chag HaBanot 8469 1 Tevet 12229
Chag HaBanot 8470 30 Kislev 12230
Chag HaBanot 8471 30 Kislev 12231

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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