Chag HaBanot 1393 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5154

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5154 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 1391 30 Kislev 5152
Chag HaBanot 1392 30 Kislev 5153
Chag HaBanot 1393 1 Tevet 5154
Chag HaBanot 1394 30 Kislev 5155
Chag HaBanot 1395 30 Kislev 5156
Chag HaBanot 1396 1 Tevet 5157
Chag HaBanot 1397 30 Kislev 5158
Chag HaBanot 1398 30 Kislev 5159
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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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