Chag HaBanot 1979 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5740

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5740 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 of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 1976 1 Tevet 5737
Chag HaBanot 1977 30 Kislev 5738
Chag HaBanot 1978 30 Kislev 5739
Chag HaBanot 1979 30 Kislev 5740
Chag HaBanot 1980 1 Tevet 5741
Chag HaBanot 1981 30 Kislev 5742
Chag HaBanot 1982 30 Kislev 5743
Chag HaBanot 1983 30 Kislev 5744

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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