Chag HaBanot 2293 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6054
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6054 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 2291 | 1 Tevet 6051 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2291 | 30 Kislev 6052 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2292 | 30 Kislev 6053 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2293 | 30 Kislev 6054 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2294 | 1 Tevet 6055 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2295 | 30 Kislev 6056 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2296 | 30 Kislev 6057 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2297 | 30 Kislev 6058 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2298 | 1 Tevet 6059 |
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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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