Chag HaBanot 9378 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13138
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13138 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 9375 | 1 Tevet 13135 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9376 | 30 Kislev 13136 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9377 | 1 Tevet 13137 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9378 | 30 Kislev 13138 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9379 | 30 Kislev 13139 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9380 | 30 Kislev 13140 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9381 | 30 Kislev 13141 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9382 | 1 Tevet 13142 |
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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