Chag HaBanot 1039 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4800

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4800 began on and ended 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.

Read more from rossingcenter.org or Wikipedia

Advertisement

Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 1036 30 Kislev 4797
Chag HaBanot 1037 30 Kislev 4798
Chag HaBanot 1038 30 Kislev 4799
Chag HaBanot 1039 30 Kislev 4800
Chag HaBanot 1040 30 Kislev 4801
Chag HaBanot 1041 1 Tevet 4802
Chag HaBanot 1042 30 Kislev 4803
Chag HaBanot 1043 30 Kislev 4804

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.