Chag HaBanot 8660 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12420

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12420 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.

Read more from rossingcenter.org or Wikipedia

Advertisement

Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 8657 30 Kislev 12417
Chag HaBanot 8658 1 Tevet 12418
Chag HaBanot 8659 30 Kislev 12419
Chag HaBanot 8660 30 Kislev 12420
Chag HaBanot 8661 1 Tevet 12421
Chag HaBanot 8662 30 Kislev 12422
Chag HaBanot 8663 30 Kislev 12423
Chag HaBanot 8664 30 Kislev 12424

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.