Chag HaBanot 4058 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7818
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7818 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
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 4055 | 30 Kislev 7816 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4056 | 30 Kislev 7817 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4058 | 30 Kislev 7818 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4058 | 30 Kislev 7819 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4059 | 1 Tevet 7820 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4061 | 30 Kislev 7821 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4061 | 30 Kislev 7822 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4062 | 1 Tevet 7823 |
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
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