Chag HaBanot 6113 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9873
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9873 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
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 6110 | 30 Kislev 9870 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6111 | 30 Kislev 9871 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6111 | 1 Tevet 9872 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6113 | 30 Kislev 9873 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6114 | 30 Kislev 9874 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6114 | 30 Kislev 9875 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6116 | 30 Kislev 9876 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6116 | 1 Tevet 9877 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6117 | 30 Kislev 9878 |
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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