Chag HaBanot 8180 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11940
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11940 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 8177 | 30 Kislev 11937 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8177 | 1 Tevet 11938 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8179 | 30 Kislev 11939 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8180 | 30 Kislev 11940 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8181 | 30 Kislev 11941 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8182 | 1 Tevet 11942 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8183 | 30 Kislev 11943 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8184 | 30 Kislev 11944 |
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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