Chag HaBanot 1705 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5466

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5466 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 1703 30 Kislev 5464
Chag HaBanot 1704 30 Kislev 5465
Chag HaBanot 1705 30 Kislev 5466
Chag HaBanot 1706 1 Tevet 5467
Chag HaBanot 1707 30 Kislev 5468
Chag HaBanot 1708 30 Kislev 5469
Chag HaBanot 1709 30 Kislev 5470
Chag HaBanot 1710 30 Kislev 5471
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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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