Chag HaBanot 657 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4418
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4418 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 655 | 1 Tevet 4416 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 656 | 30 Kislev 4417 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 657 | 30 Kislev 4418 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 658 | 30 Kislev 4419 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 659 | 1 Tevet 4420 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 660 | 30 Kislev 4421 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 661 | 30 Kislev 4422 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 662 | 30 Kislev 4423 |
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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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