Chag HaBanot 1156 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4917
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4917 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 1154 | 30 Kislev 4915 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1155 | 30 Kislev 4916 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1156 | 30 Kislev 4917 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1157 | 1 Tevet 4918 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1158 | 30 Kislev 4919 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1159 | 30 Kislev 4920 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1160 | 30 Kislev 4921 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1161 | 1 Tevet 4922 |
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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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