Chag HaBanot 647 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4408
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4408 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 645 | 1 Tevet 4406 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 646 | 30 Kislev 4407 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 647 | 1 Tevet 4408 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 648 | 30 Kislev 4409 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 649 | 30 Kislev 4410 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 650 | 30 Kislev 4411 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 651 | 30 Kislev 4412 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 652 | 1 Tevet 4413 |
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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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