Chag HaBanot 2070 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5831

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5831 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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 2068 30 Kislev 5829
Chag HaBanot 2069 30 Kislev 5830
Chag HaBanot 2070 1 Tevet 5831
Chag HaBanot 2071 30 Kislev 5832
Chag HaBanot 2072 30 Kislev 5833
Chag HaBanot 2073 30 Kislev 5834
Chag HaBanot 2074 1 Tevet 5835
Chag HaBanot 2075 30 Kislev 5836
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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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