Chag HaBanot 1938 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5699

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5699 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 1935 30 Kislev 5696
Chag HaBanot 1936 30 Kislev 5697
Chag HaBanot 1937 30 Kislev 5698
Chag HaBanot 1938 1 Tevet 5699
Chag HaBanot 1939 30 Kislev 5700
Chag HaBanot 1940 30 Kislev 5701
Chag HaBanot 1941 30 Kislev 5702
Chag HaBanot 1942 1 Tevet 5703

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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