Chag HaBanot 4338 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8098

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8098 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 4335 30 Kislev 8095
Chag HaBanot 4335 30 Kislev 8096
Chag HaBanot 4336 1 Tevet 8097
Chag HaBanot 4338 30 Kislev 8098
Chag HaBanot 4338 30 Kislev 8099
Chag HaBanot 4339 30 Kislev 8100
Chag HaBanot 4341 1 Tevet 8101
Chag HaBanot 4341 30 Kislev 8102

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.