Chag HaBanot 858 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4619
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4619 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 856 | 1 Tevet 4617 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 857 | 30 Kislev 4618 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 858 | 30 Kislev 4619 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 859 | 1 Tevet 4620 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 860 | 30 Kislev 4621 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 861 | 30 Kislev 4622 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 862 | 30 Kislev 4623 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 863 | 1 Tevet 4624 |
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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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