Chag HaBanot 1249 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5010

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5010 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 1247 1 Tevet 5008
Chag HaBanot 1248 30 Kislev 5009
Chag HaBanot 1249 30 Kislev 5010
Chag HaBanot 1250 30 Kislev 5011
Chag HaBanot 1251 1 Tevet 5012
Chag HaBanot 1252 30 Kislev 5013
Chag HaBanot 1253 30 Kislev 5014
Chag HaBanot 1254 30 Kislev 5015
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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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