Chag HaBanot 8759 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12519

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12519 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 8756 1 Tevet 12516
Chag HaBanot 8757 30 Kislev 12517
Chag HaBanot 8758 30 Kislev 12518
Chag HaBanot 8759 1 Tevet 12519
Chag HaBanot 8760 30 Kislev 12520
Chag HaBanot 8761 30 Kislev 12521
Chag HaBanot 8762 30 Kislev 12522
Chag HaBanot 8763 1 Tevet 12523

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

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