Chag HaBanot 940 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4701
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4701 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 938 | 1 Tevet 4699 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 939 | 30 Kislev 4700 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 940 | 30 Kislev 4701 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 941 | 30 Kislev 4702 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 942 | 30 Kislev 4703 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 943 | 1 Tevet 4704 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 944 | 30 Kislev 4705 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 945 | 30 Kislev 4706 |
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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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