Chag HaBanot 9627 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13387

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13387 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 9624 1 Tevet 13384
Chag HaBanot 9625 30 Kislev 13385
Chag HaBanot 9626 30 Kislev 13386
Chag HaBanot 9627 30 Kislev 13387
Chag HaBanot 9628 30 Kislev 13388
Chag HaBanot 9629 1 Tevet 13389
Chag HaBanot 9630 30 Kislev 13390
Chag HaBanot 9631 30 Kislev 13391

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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