Chag HaBanot 3350 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7110

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7110 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 3347 30 Kislev 7107
Chag HaBanot 3347 30 Kislev 7108
Chag HaBanot 3348 30 Kislev 7109
Chag HaBanot 3350 1 Tevet 7110
Chag HaBanot 3350 30 Kislev 7111
Chag HaBanot 3351 30 Kislev 7112
Chag HaBanot 3352 30 Kislev 7113
Chag HaBanot 3353 1 Tevet 7114

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: A Guide & Commentary

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.