Chag HaBanot 9507 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13267

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13267 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 9504 1 Tevet 13264
Chag HaBanot 9505 30 Kislev 13265
Chag HaBanot 9506 30 Kislev 13266
Chag HaBanot 9507 30 Kislev 13267
Chag HaBanot 9508 1 Tevet 13268
Chag HaBanot 9509 30 Kislev 13269
Chag HaBanot 9510 30 Kislev 13270
Chag HaBanot 9511 1 Tevet 13271

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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