Chag HaBanot 1403 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5164

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5164 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 1401 30 Kislev 5162
Chag HaBanot 1402 30 Kislev 5163
Chag HaBanot 1403 30 Kislev 5164
Chag HaBanot 1404 1 Tevet 5165
Chag HaBanot 1405 30 Kislev 5166
Chag HaBanot 1406 30 Kislev 5167
Chag HaBanot 1407 30 Kislev 5168
Chag HaBanot 1408 1 Tevet 5169
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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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