Chag HaBanot 694 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4455
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4455 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 692 | 30 Kislev 4453 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 693 | 30 Kislev 4454 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 694 | 30 Kislev 4455 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 695 | 30 Kislev 4456 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 696 | 1 Tevet 4457 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 697 | 30 Kislev 4458 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 698 | 30 Kislev 4459 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 699 | 1 Tevet 4460 |
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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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