Chag HaBanot 699 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4460
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4460 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 697 | 30 Kislev 4458 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 698 | 30 Kislev 4459 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 699 | 1 Tevet 4460 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 700 | 30 Kislev 4461 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 701 | 30 Kislev 4462 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 702 | 30 Kislev 4463 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 703 | 1 Tevet 4464 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 704 | 30 Kislev 4465 |
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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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