Chag HaBanot 1918 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5679

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5679 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 1915 30 Kislev 5676
Chag HaBanot 1916 30 Kislev 5677
Chag HaBanot 1917 30 Kislev 5678
Chag HaBanot 1918 1 Tevet 5679
Chag HaBanot 1919 30 Kislev 5680
Chag HaBanot 1920 30 Kislev 5681
Chag HaBanot 1921 30 Kislev 5682
Chag HaBanot 1922 1 Tevet 5683

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Holidays
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