Chag HaBanot 7717 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11477
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11477 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 7715 | 30 Kislev 11475 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7716 | 1 Tevet 11476 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7717 | 30 Kislev 11477 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7718 | 30 Kislev 11478 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7719 | 1 Tevet 11479 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7720 | 30 Kislev 11480 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7721 | 30 Kislev 11481 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7721 | 30 Kislev 11482 |
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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