Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8985 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 5221 | 30 Kislev 8982 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5223 | 30 Kislev 8983 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5223 | 1 Tevet 8984 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5224 | 30 Kislev 8985 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5226 | 30 Kislev 8986 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5226 | 1 Tevet 8987 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5228 | 30 Kislev 8988 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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