Chag HaBanot 1052 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4813
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4813 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 1050 | 30 Kislev 4811 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1051 | 30 Kislev 4812 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1052 | 1 Tevet 4813 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1053 | 30 Kislev 4814 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1054 | 30 Kislev 4815 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1055 | 1 Tevet 4816 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1056 | 30 Kislev 4817 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1057 | 30 Kislev 4818 |
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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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