Chag HaBanot 8567 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12327

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12327 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 8564 30 Kislev 12324
Chag HaBanot 8565 30 Kislev 12325
Chag HaBanot 8566 30 Kislev 12326
Chag HaBanot 8567 1 Tevet 12327
Chag HaBanot 8568 30 Kislev 12328
Chag HaBanot 8568 30 Kislev 12329
Chag HaBanot 8570 30 Kislev 12330
Chag HaBanot 8571 1 Tevet 12331

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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