Chag HaBanot 1667 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5428

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5428 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 1665 30 Kislev 5426
Chag HaBanot 1666 30 Kislev 5427
Chag HaBanot 1667 1 Tevet 5428
Chag HaBanot 1668 30 Kislev 5429
Chag HaBanot 1669 30 Kislev 5430
Chag HaBanot 1670 30 Kislev 5431
Chag HaBanot 1671 1 Tevet 5432
Chag HaBanot 1672 30 Kislev 5433
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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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