Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5553 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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| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 1789 | 1 Tevet 5550 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1790 | 30 Kislev 5551 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1791 | 30 Kislev 5552 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1792 | 30 Kislev 5553 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1793 | 1 Tevet 5554 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1794 | 30 Kislev 5555 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1795 | 30 Kislev 5556 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1796 | 1 Tevet 5557 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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