Chag HaBanot 1380 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5141

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5141 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 1378 30 Kislev 5139
Chag HaBanot 1379 30 Kislev 5140
Chag HaBanot 1380 1 Tevet 5141
Chag HaBanot 1381 30 Kislev 5142
Chag HaBanot 1382 30 Kislev 5143
Chag HaBanot 1383 30 Kislev 5144
Chag HaBanot 1384 30 Kislev 5145
Chag HaBanot 1385 30 Kislev 5146
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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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