Chag HaBanot 1302 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5063

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5063 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 1300 30 Kislev 5061
Chag HaBanot 1301 30 Kislev 5062
Chag HaBanot 1302 1 Tevet 5063
Chag HaBanot 1303 30 Kislev 5064
Chag HaBanot 1304 30 Kislev 5065
Chag HaBanot 1305 30 Kislev 5066
Chag HaBanot 1306 1 Tevet 5067
Chag HaBanot 1307 30 Kislev 5068
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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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