Chag HaBanot 3074 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6835

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6835 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.

Read more from rossingcenter.org or Wikipedia

Advertisement

Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 3071 1 Tevet 6832
Chag HaBanot 3073 30 Kislev 6833
Chag HaBanot 3073 30 Kislev 6834
Chag HaBanot 3074 1 Tevet 6835
Chag HaBanot 3075 30 Kislev 6836
Chag HaBanot 3076 30 Kislev 6837
Chag HaBanot 3077 30 Kislev 6838
Chag HaBanot 3078 1 Tevet 6839

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.