Chag HaBanot 1540 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5301

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5301 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 1538 1 Tevet 5299
Chag HaBanot 1539 30 Kislev 5300
Chag HaBanot 1540 30 Kislev 5301
Chag HaBanot 1541 30 Kislev 5302
Chag HaBanot 1542 1 Tevet 5303
Chag HaBanot 1543 30 Kislev 5304
Chag HaBanot 1544 30 Kislev 5305
Chag HaBanot 1545 30 Kislev 5306
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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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