Chag HaBanot 1078 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4839
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4839 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 1076 | 30 Kislev 4837 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1077 | 30 Kislev 4838 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1078 | 30 Kislev 4839 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1079 | 1 Tevet 4840 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1080 | 30 Kislev 4841 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1081 | 30 Kislev 4842 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1082 | 30 Kislev 4843 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1083 | 1 Tevet 4844 |
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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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