Chag HaBanot 381 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4142

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4142 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 378 1 Tevet 4139
Chag HaBanot 379 30 Kislev 4140
Chag HaBanot 380 30 Kislev 4141
Chag HaBanot 381 1 Tevet 4142
Chag HaBanot 382 30 Kislev 4143
Chag HaBanot 383 30 Kislev 4144
Chag HaBanot 384 30 Kislev 4145
Chag HaBanot 385 1 Tevet 4146

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.