Chag HaBanot 1449 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5210

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5210 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 1447 30 Kislev 5208
Chag HaBanot 1448 1 Tevet 5209
Chag HaBanot 1449 30 Kislev 5210
Chag HaBanot 1450 30 Kislev 5211
Chag HaBanot 1451 1 Tevet 5212
Chag HaBanot 1452 30 Kislev 5213
Chag HaBanot 1453 30 Kislev 5214
Chag HaBanot 1454 30 Kislev 5215
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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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