Chag HaBanot 1971 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5732

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5732 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 1967 30 Kislev 5728
Chag HaBanot 1968 30 Kislev 5729
Chag HaBanot 1969 1 Tevet 5730
Chag HaBanot 1970 30 Kislev 5731
Chag HaBanot 1971 30 Kislev 5732
Chag HaBanot 1972 1 Tevet 5733
Chag HaBanot 1973 30 Kislev 5734
Chag HaBanot 1974 30 Kislev 5735
Chag HaBanot 1975 30 Kislev 5736

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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