Chag HaBanot 1221 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4982

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4982 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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 1219 30 Kislev 4980
Chag HaBanot 1220 1 Tevet 4981
Chag HaBanot 1221 30 Kislev 4982
Chag HaBanot 1222 30 Kislev 4983
Chag HaBanot 1223 30 Kislev 4984
Chag HaBanot 1224 1 Tevet 4985
Chag HaBanot 1225 30 Kislev 4986
Chag HaBanot 1226 30 Kislev 4987
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References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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