Chag HaBanot 259 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4020
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4020 began on and ended 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 257 | 30 Kislev 4018 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 258 | 30 Kislev 4019 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 259 | 30 Kislev 4020 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 260 | 1 Tevet 4021 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 261 | 30 Kislev 4022 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 262 | 30 Kislev 4023 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 263 | 30 Kislev 4024 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 264 | 1 Tevet 4025 |
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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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