Chag HaBanot 2999 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6760

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6760 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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 2997 30 Kislev 6758
Chag HaBanot 2998 30 Kislev 6759
Chag HaBanot 2999 30 Kislev 6760
Chag HaBanot 3000 1 Tevet 6761
Chag HaBanot 3001 30 Kislev 6762
Chag HaBanot 3002 30 Kislev 6763
Chag HaBanot 3003 1 Tevet 6764
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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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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