Chag HaBanot 1991 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5752

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5752 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 1988 1 Tevet 5749
Chag HaBanot 1989 30 Kislev 5750
Chag HaBanot 1990 30 Kislev 5751
Chag HaBanot 1991 30 Kislev 5752
Chag HaBanot 1992 1 Tevet 5753
Chag HaBanot 1993 30 Kislev 5754
Chag HaBanot 1994 30 Kislev 5755
Chag HaBanot 1995 30 Kislev 5756

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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