Chag HaBanot 9575 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13335

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13335 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 9572 30 Kislev 13332
Chag HaBanot 9573 30 Kislev 13333
Chag HaBanot 9574 30 Kislev 13334
Chag HaBanot 9575 1 Tevet 13335
Chag HaBanot 9576 30 Kislev 13336
Chag HaBanot 9577 30 Kislev 13337
Chag HaBanot 9578 1 Tevet 13338
Chag HaBanot 9579 30 Kislev 13339

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.