Chag HaBanot 1018 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4779
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4779 began on and ended 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 Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Hebrew month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was best preserved is in Tunisia, though it was also observed in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Istanbul, Morocco, and Thessaloniki. The holiday carries connections to the narrative of Judith, who tricked and killed the invading general Holofernes, and to other heroic women in Jewish history.
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Dates for Chag HaBanot
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 1016 | 1 Tevet 4777 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1017 | 30 Kislev 4778 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1018 | 30 Kislev 4779 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1019 | 30 Kislev 4780 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1020 | 30 Kislev 4781 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1021 | 1 Tevet 4782 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1022 | 30 Kislev 4783 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1023 | 30 Kislev 4784 |
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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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