Chag HaBanot 1506 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5267

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5267 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 1504 30 Kislev 5265
Chag HaBanot 1505 30 Kislev 5266
Chag HaBanot 1506 1 Tevet 5267
Chag HaBanot 1507 30 Kislev 5268
Chag HaBanot 1508 30 Kislev 5269
Chag HaBanot 1509 30 Kislev 5270
Chag HaBanot 1510 1 Tevet 5271
Chag HaBanot 1511 30 Kislev 5272
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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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