Chag HaBanot 1314 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5075

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5075 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 1312 30 Kislev 5073
Chag HaBanot 1313 30 Kislev 5074
Chag HaBanot 1314 30 Kislev 5075
Chag HaBanot 1315 1 Tevet 5076
Chag HaBanot 1316 30 Kislev 5077
Chag HaBanot 1317 30 Kislev 5078
Chag HaBanot 1318 1 Tevet 5079
Chag HaBanot 1319 30 Kislev 5080
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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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