Chag HaBanot 4483 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8244

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8244 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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 4480 30 Kislev 8241
Chag HaBanot 4482 30 Kislev 8242
Chag HaBanot 4482 1 Tevet 8243
Chag HaBanot 4483 30 Kislev 8244
Chag HaBanot 4484 30 Kislev 8245
Chag HaBanot 4485 1 Tevet 8246
Chag HaBanot 4487 30 Kislev 8247
Chag HaBanot 4487 30 Kislev 8248

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

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