Chag HaBanot 1713 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5474

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5474 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 1711 1 Tevet 5472
Chag HaBanot 1712 30 Kislev 5473
Chag HaBanot 1713 30 Kislev 5474
Chag HaBanot 1714 1 Tevet 5475
Chag HaBanot 1715 30 Kislev 5476
Chag HaBanot 1716 30 Kislev 5477
Chag HaBanot 1717 30 Kislev 5478
Chag HaBanot 1718 1 Tevet 5479
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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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