Chag HaBanot 1645 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5406

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5406 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 1643 1 Tevet 5404
Chag HaBanot 1644 30 Kislev 5405
Chag HaBanot 1645 30 Kislev 5406
Chag HaBanot 1646 30 Kislev 5407
Chag HaBanot 1647 1 Tevet 5408
Chag HaBanot 1648 30 Kislev 5409
Chag HaBanot 1649 30 Kislev 5410
Chag HaBanot 1650 30 Kislev 5411
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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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