Chag HaBanot 1756 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5517
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5517 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
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 1753 | 1 Tevet 5514 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1754 | 30 Kislev 5515 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1755 | 30 Kislev 5516 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1756 | 30 Kislev 5517 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1757 | 1 Tevet 5518 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1758 | 30 Kislev 5519 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1759 | 30 Kislev 5520 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1760 | 1 Tevet 5521 |
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
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