Chag HaBanot 8966 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12726

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12726 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 8963 30 Kislev 12723
Chag HaBanot 8964 30 Kislev 12724
Chag HaBanot 8965 30 Kislev 12725
Chag HaBanot 8966 1 Tevet 12726
Chag HaBanot 8967 30 Kislev 12727
Chag HaBanot 8968 30 Kislev 12728
Chag HaBanot 8969 30 Kislev 12729
Chag HaBanot 8970 1 Tevet 12730

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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