Chag HaBanot 266 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4027
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4027 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 264 | 1 Tevet 4025 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 265 | 30 Kislev 4026 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 266 | 30 Kislev 4027 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 267 | 1 Tevet 4028 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 268 | 30 Kislev 4029 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 269 | 30 Kislev 4030 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 270 | 30 Kislev 4031 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 271 | 30 Kislev 4032 |
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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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