Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8961 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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| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 5198 | 30 Kislev 8958 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5199 | 30 Kislev 8959 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5199 | 1 Tevet 8960 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5201 | 30 Kislev 8961 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5201 | 30 Kislev 8962 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5202 | 30 Kislev 8963 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5204 | 1 Tevet 8964 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5204 | 30 Kislev 8965 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5205 | 30 Kislev 8966 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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