Chag HaBanot 2813 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6574
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6574 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 2811 | 1 Tevet 6572 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2812 | 30 Kislev 6573 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2813 | 30 Kislev 6574 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2815 | 30 Kislev 6575 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2815 | 1 Tevet 6576 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2816 | 30 Kislev 6577 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2817 | 30 Kislev 6578 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2818 | 30 Kislev 6579 |
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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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