Chag HaBanot 1740 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5501

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5501 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 1737 30 Kislev 5498
Chag HaBanot 1738 1 Tevet 5499
Chag HaBanot 1739 30 Kislev 5500
Chag HaBanot 1740 30 Kislev 5501
Chag HaBanot 1741 1 Tevet 5502
Chag HaBanot 1742 30 Kislev 5503
Chag HaBanot 1743 30 Kislev 5504
Chag HaBanot 1744 30 Kislev 5505

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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