Chag HaBanot 2908 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6669
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6669 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 2906 | 1 Tevet 6667 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2907 | 30 Kislev 6668 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2908 | 30 Kislev 6669 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2910 | 1 Tevet 6670 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2910 | 30 Kislev 6671 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2911 | 30 Kislev 6672 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2912 | 30 Kislev 6673 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2913 | 1 Tevet 6674 |
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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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