Chag HaBanot 7318 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11078
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11078 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 7316 | 1 Tevet 11076 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7317 | 30 Kislev 11077 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7318 | 30 Kislev 11078 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7319 | 30 Kislev 11079 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7319 | 1 Tevet 11080 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7321 | 30 Kislev 11081 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7322 | 30 Kislev 11082 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7322 | 30 Kislev 11083 |
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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