Chag HaBanot 2641 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6402
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6402 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 2639 | 1 Tevet 6400 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2640 | 30 Kislev 6401 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2641 | 30 Kislev 6402 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2642 | 1 Tevet 6403 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2644 | 30 Kislev 6404 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2644 | 30 Kislev 6405 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2645 | 30 Kislev 6406 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2646 | 30 Kislev 6407 |
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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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