Chag HaBanot 2688 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6449
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6449 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 2686 | 1 Tevet 6447 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2687 | 30 Kislev 6448 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2688 | 30 Kislev 6449 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2690 | 30 Kislev 6450 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2690 | 1 Tevet 6451 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2691 | 30 Kislev 6452 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2692 | 30 Kislev 6453 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2693 | 30 Kislev 6454 |
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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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