Chag HaBanot 5027 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8787
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8787 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
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 5025 | 30 Kislev 8785 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5025 | 1 Tevet 8786 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5027 | 30 Kislev 8787 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5028 | 30 Kislev 8788 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5028 | 30 Kislev 8789 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5030 | 30 Kislev 8790 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5030 | 1 Tevet 8791 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5031 | 30 Kislev 8792 |
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.