Chag HaBanot 8127 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11887
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11887 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 8124 | 1 Tevet 11884 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8125 | 30 Kislev 11885 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8126 | 30 Kislev 11886 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8127 | 30 Kislev 11887 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8128 | 1 Tevet 11888 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8128 | 30 Kislev 11889 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8130 | 30 Kislev 11890 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8131 | 30 Kislev 11891 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8131 | 1 Tevet 11892 |
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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