Chag HaBanot 2300 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6061

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6061 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 2298 1 Tevet 6059
Chag HaBanot 2299 30 Kislev 6060
Chag HaBanot 2300 30 Kislev 6061
Chag HaBanot 2302 30 Kislev 6062
Chag HaBanot 2302 30 Kislev 6063
Chag HaBanot 2303 1 Tevet 6064
Chag HaBanot 2304 30 Kislev 6065
Chag HaBanot 2305 30 Kislev 6066
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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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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