Chag HaBanot 2367 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6127

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6127 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 2365 1 Tevet 6126
Chag HaBanot 2367 30 Kislev 6127
Chag HaBanot 2367 30 Kislev 6128
Chag HaBanot 2368 1 Tevet 6129
Chag HaBanot 2369 30 Kislev 6130
Chag HaBanot 2370 30 Kislev 6131
Chag HaBanot 2371 30 Kislev 6132
Chag HaBanot 2372 30 Kislev 6133
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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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