Chag HaBanot 1334 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5095

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5095 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 1332 30 Kislev 5093
Chag HaBanot 1333 30 Kislev 5094
Chag HaBanot 1334 1 Tevet 5095
Chag HaBanot 1335 30 Kislev 5096
Chag HaBanot 1336 30 Kislev 5097
Chag HaBanot 1337 1 Tevet 5098
Chag HaBanot 1338 30 Kislev 5099
Chag HaBanot 1339 30 Kislev 5100
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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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