Chag HaBanot 1932 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5693

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5693 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 1929 1 Tevet 5690
Chag HaBanot 1930 30 Kislev 5691
Chag HaBanot 1931 30 Kislev 5692
Chag HaBanot 1932 30 Kislev 5693
Chag HaBanot 1933 30 Kislev 5694
Chag HaBanot 1934 1 Tevet 5695
Chag HaBanot 1935 30 Kislev 5696
Chag HaBanot 1936 30 Kislev 5697

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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