Chag HaBanot 2082 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5843

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5843 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 2080 30 Kislev 5841
Chag HaBanot 2081 30 Kislev 5842
Chag HaBanot 2082 30 Kislev 5843
Chag HaBanot 2083 1 Tevet 5844
Chag HaBanot 2084 30 Kislev 5845
Chag HaBanot 2085 30 Kislev 5846
Chag HaBanot 2086 1 Tevet 5847
Chag HaBanot 2087 30 Kislev 5848
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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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