Chag HaBanot 1797 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5558

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5558 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 1794 30 Kislev 5555
Chag HaBanot 1795 30 Kislev 5556
Chag HaBanot 1796 1 Tevet 5557
Chag HaBanot 1797 30 Kislev 5558
Chag HaBanot 1798 30 Kislev 5559
Chag HaBanot 1799 30 Kislev 5560
Chag HaBanot 1800 1 Tevet 5561
Chag HaBanot 1801 30 Kislev 5562

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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