Chag HaBanot 1782 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5543

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5543 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 1779 30 Kislev 5540
Chag HaBanot 1780 30 Kislev 5541
Chag HaBanot 1781 30 Kislev 5542
Chag HaBanot 1782 1 Tevet 5543
Chag HaBanot 1783 30 Kislev 5544
Chag HaBanot 1784 30 Kislev 5545
Chag HaBanot 1785 1 Tevet 5546
Chag HaBanot 1786 30 Kislev 5547

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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