Chag HaBanot 1778 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5539

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5539 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 1775 30 Kislev 5536
Chag HaBanot 1776 1 Tevet 5537
Chag HaBanot 1777 30 Kislev 5538
Chag HaBanot 1778 30 Kislev 5539
Chag HaBanot 1779 30 Kislev 5540
Chag HaBanot 1780 30 Kislev 5541
Chag HaBanot 1781 30 Kislev 5542
Chag HaBanot 1782 1 Tevet 5543

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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