Chag HaBanot 1757 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5518

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5518 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 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
Chag HaBanot 1761 30 Kislev 5522

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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