Chag HaBanot 2042 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5803
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5803 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 2040 | 1 Tevet 5801 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2041 | 30 Kislev 5802 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2042 | 30 Kislev 5803 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2043 | 1 Tevet 5804 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2044 | 30 Kislev 5805 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2045 | 30 Kislev 5806 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2046 | 30 Kislev 5807 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2047 | 1 Tevet 5808 |
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References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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