Chag HaBanot 8667 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12427

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12427 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 8664 30 Kislev 12424
Chag HaBanot 8665 1 Tevet 12425
Chag HaBanot 8666 30 Kislev 12426
Chag HaBanot 8667 30 Kislev 12427
Chag HaBanot 8668 30 Kislev 12428
Chag HaBanot 8669 1 Tevet 12429
Chag HaBanot 8670 30 Kislev 12430
Chag HaBanot 8671 30 Kislev 12431

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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