Chag HaBanot 1792 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5553

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5553 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 1789 1 Tevet 5550
Chag HaBanot 1790 30 Kislev 5551
Chag HaBanot 1791 30 Kislev 5552
Chag HaBanot 1792 30 Kislev 5553
Chag HaBanot 1793 1 Tevet 5554
Chag HaBanot 1794 30 Kislev 5555
Chag HaBanot 1795 30 Kislev 5556
Chag HaBanot 1796 1 Tevet 5557

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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