Chag HaBanot 5201 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8961

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

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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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew 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

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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