Chag HaBanot 8225 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11985
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11985 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 8222 | 1 Tevet 11982 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8223 | 30 Kislev 11983 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8224 | 30 Kislev 11984 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8225 | 30 Kislev 11985 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8226 | 1 Tevet 11986 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8226 | 30 Kislev 11987 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8228 | 30 Kislev 11988 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8229 | 1 Tevet 11989 |
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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